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CVE-2012-5656 Details

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: [email protected]CVSS-B:5.5 MEDIUMVector:CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape/trunk/revision/11931 CVEPatch
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-December/095024.html CVEMailing List
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095380.html CVEMailing List
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095398.html CVEMailing List
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00041.html CVEMailing List

see all 22 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-611Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
inkscape inkscape
< 0.48.4

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:inkscape:inkscape:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
fedoraproject fedora
16
17
18

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:17:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:18:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
canonical ubuntu linux
10.04
11.10
12.04
12.10

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
opensuse opensuse
11.4
12.1
12.2

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

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QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-5656
NVD Published Date:
Jan 18, 2013
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2012-5656 Details - Not Deferred