Improper Input Validation Affecting librsvg package, versions [,2.40.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.36% (84th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-LIBRSVG-2369968
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed20 May 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 20 May 2016

CVE-2016-4348  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade librsvg to version 2.40.2 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Input Validation. The _rsvg_css_normalize_font_size function in librsvg 2.40.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and application crash) via circular definitions in an SVG document.

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