CVE-2012-5656
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.
02 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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.15% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 66.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2013-01-18 11:00Z13 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 21:14Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-10-24
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-611Improper Restriction of XML External Entity ReferenceBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- f74b57f70100877226b533c2523f48b8b699cb7754ee966f5f88e9611a871713
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20121219 Re: CVE request: Inkscape fixes a XXE vulnerability during rasterization of SVG imageshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/20/3
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2012-20620http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095380.html
- bazaar.launchpad.nethttp://bazaar.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape/trunk/revision/11931
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1712-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1712-1
- launchpad.nethttps://launchpad.net/inkscape/+milestone/0.48.4
- www.securityfocus.com56965http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56965
- bugs.launchpad.nethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1025185
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2012-20621http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095398.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:0294http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00041.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:0297http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00043.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2012-20643http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-December/095024.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- inkscape Fixed in 0.48.3.1-1.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- inkscape Fixed in 0.48.3.1-1.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- inkscape Fixed in 0.48.3.1-1.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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