CVE-2012-5656

Publication date 18 January 2013

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

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.

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
inkscape	12.10 quantal	Fixed 0.48.3.1-1ubuntu6.1
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 0.48.3.1-1ubuntu1.1
	11.10 oneiric	Fixed 0.48.2-0ubuntu1.1
	10.04 LTS lucid	Fixed 0.47.0-2ubuntu2.1
	8.04 LTS hardy	Ignored end of life

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
inkscape	Vendor: http://patch-tracker.debian.org/patch/series/view/inkscape/0.48.3.1-1.3/03-CVE-2012-5656.diff Upstream: http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape/RELEASE_0_48_BRANCH/revision/9932

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	5.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-1712-1
Inkscape vulnerabilities
30 January 2013