CVE-2016-4348

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-4348
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-05-20 14:59:06 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe _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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 7.5 HIGH from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-20 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary7.5HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Gnome Librsvg All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Re: CVE requests: DoS in librsvg parsing SVGs with circular definitions af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3584-1 librsvg af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: Re: CVE requests: DoS in librsvg parsing SVGs with circular definitions af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
openSUSE-SU-2016:1333-1: moderate: Security update for librsvg af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVE requests: DoS in librsvg parsing SVGs with circular definitions af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
state: Store mask as reference (d1c91919) · Commits · GNOME / librsvg · GitLab af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.gnome.org Vendor Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE requests: DoS in librsvg parsing SVGs with circular definitions af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
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