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    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.

    Published:Dec 17, 2012
    Last Modified:Apr 11, 2025
    EPS:Jan 18, 2013
    EPSS Score:0.00052
    CVSS Score:5.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Canonical
    Product
    Ubuntu Linux
    Vendor
    Fedoraproject
    Product
    Fedora
    Vendor
    Inkscape
    Product
    Inkscape
    Vendor
    Opensuse
    Product
    Opensuse

    Exploits

    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/20/3https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1025185http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/20/3https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1025185

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    CAPEC-221 Data Serialization External Entities Blowup

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    References

    http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape/trunk/revision/11931
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-December/095024.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095380.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095398.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00041.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00043.html
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/20/3
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56965
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1712-1
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1025185
    https://launchpad.net/inkscape/+milestone/0.48.4
    http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape/trunk/revision/11931
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-December/095024.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095380.html
    http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095398.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00041.html
    http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00043.html
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/20/3
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56965
    http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1712-1
    https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1025185
    https://launchpad.net/inkscape/+milestone/0.48.4

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
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    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
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    High