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CVE-2012-5656

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…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
InkscapeInkscape
before 0.48.4
FedoraprojectFedora
Versions 16, 17, 18
CanonicalUbuntu Linux
Versions 10.04, 11.10, 12.04, 12.10
OpensuseOpensuse
Versions 11.4, 12.1, 12.2

Weakness classification

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