CVE-2012-5656
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.5EPSS 1.2%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.5 (v3.1)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-611
- EPSS score
- 1.2% (67th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-5540)
- Published
- January 18, 2013
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-5540 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- canonical / ubuntu linux
- fedoraproject / fedora
- fedoraproject / fedora
- fedoraproject / fedora
- inkscape / inkscape
- opensuse / opensuse
- opensuse / opensuse
- opensuse / opensuse
References
- http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape/trunk/revision/11931(Patch)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-December/095024.html(Mailing List)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095380.html(Mailing List)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/095398.html(Mailing List)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00041.html(Mailing List)
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-02/msg00043.html(Mailing List)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/20/3(Exploit, Mailing List)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56965(Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1712-1(Third Party Advisory)
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1025185(Exploit, Issue Tracking)
- https://launchpad.net/inkscape/+milestone/0.48.4(Product)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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