XML External Entity (XXE) Injection The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package batik.src (opens in a new tab)
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- published5 Mar 2026
- disclosed1 Jan 2015
Introduced: 1 Jan 2015
CVE-2015-0250 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Red Hat security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for RHEL:10.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream batik.src package and not the batik.src package as distributed by RHEL.
XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the SVG to (1) PNG and (2) JPG conversion classes in Apache Batik 1.x before 1.8 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service via a crafted SVG file.
References
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1203762
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0250
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0138.html
- http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/130964/Apache-Batik-XXE-Injection.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0041.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0042.html
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Mar/142
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21963275
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3205
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:203
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032781
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2548-1
- http://xmlgraphics.apache.org/security.html