CVE-2005-3737

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-3737
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-11-22 00:03:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in the SVG importer (style.cpp) of inkscape 0.41 through 0.42.2 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a SVG file with long CSS style property values.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.1 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Inkscape Inkscape 0.41 All All All
Application Inkscape Inkscape 0.42 All All All
Application Inkscape Inkscape 0.42.1 All All All
Application Inkscape Inkscape 0.42.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Inkscape SVG Image Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit, Patch
Debian update for inkscape - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Arbitrary code execution through SVG import - CXSecurity.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Inkscape: Buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org
#330894 - inkscape: Arbitrary code execution when opening a malicious file - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
Secunia - Advisories - Ubuntu update for inkscape af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/inkscape/inkscape/src/style.cpp af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 cvs.sourceforge.net
Webmail | OVH- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
Gentoo update for inkscape - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-916-1 inkscape af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
Secunia - Advisories - Inkscape SVG Importer Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
USN-217-1: Inkscape vulnerability | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntulinux.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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