CVE-2015-7558

7.5 HIGH

Published: May 20, 2016 Modified: May 06, 2026

Description

librsvg before 2.40.12 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop, stack consumption, and application crash) via cyclic references in an SVG document.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3584

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Third Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/21/5

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/30/3

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1268243

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Issue Tracking

https://git.gnome.org/browse/librsvg/commit/?id=a51919f7e1ca9c535390a746fbf6e28c8402dc61

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Vendor Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3584