CVE-2012-5656

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    CVE-2012-5656

    Published: 18 Jan 2013Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56965, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1712-1, 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.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/20/3, https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1025185, http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape/trunk/revision/11931, https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1025185, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56965, https://launchpad.net/inkscape/+milestone/0.48.4

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High