CVE-2012-5656

Medium

Description

The rasterization process in Inkscape before 0.48.4 allows local users to read arbitrary files via an external entity in a SVG file, aka an XML external entity (XXE) injection attack.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.5
Exploit probability—
ProductInkscape
PublishedJan 18, 2013
First seenJan 18, 2013

How to fix

Update
  • inkscape inkscape0.48.4 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
inkscape inkscapev < 0.48.40.48.4
fedoraproject fedora16, 17, 18—
canonical ubuntu_linux10.04, 11.10, 12.04, 12.10—
opensuse opensuse11.4, 12.1, 12.2—

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