PT-2017-8920 · Gnome+1 · Libsvg2+1

Adam Mariš · Published 2014-08-22 · Updated 2017-02-07 · CVE-2016-6163

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions librsvg2 version 2.40.2

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, specifically an out-of-bounds read, by providing a crafted svg file. This is related to the rsvg pattern fix fallback function in rsvg-paint server.c.

Recommendations For librsvg2 version 2.40.2, consider updating to a newer version that contains a fix for this issue, as using a crafted svg file can lead to a denial of service. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

DoS

Out of bounds Read

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-125

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2014-2026

CVE-2016-6163

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Libsvg2

References · 10

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6163 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6163 · Security Note
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-6163 · Security Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1353520 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6163 · Vendor Advisory
• https://errata.altlinux.org/ALT-PU-2014-2026 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-6163 · Vendor Advisory
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/05/9 · Note
• https://packages.altlinux.org/ru/vuln/CVE-2016-6163 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/04/3 · Note