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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…
Medium5.5EPSS 1.2%
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- redhat
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.1 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.2% · top 33% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (11)
- [oss-security] 20121219 Re: CVE request: Inkscape fixes a XXE vulnerability during rasterization of SVG images (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2012-20620 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape/trunk/revision/11931 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- USN-1712-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
- https://launchpad.net/inkscape/+milestone/0.48.4 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 56965 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1025185 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- FEDORA-2012-20621 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0294 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- openSUSE-SU-2013:0297 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- FEDORA-2012-20643 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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