CVE-2012-5656

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1 5.5/10CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published
Jan 18, 2013
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-2012-5656: Medium severity, CVSS 5.5 | Vulnix