High severity · published May 20, 2016
CVE-2015-7558
librsvg before 2.40.12 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop, stack consumption, and application crash) via cyclic references in an SVG…
7.5
CVSS
2.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
librsvg before 2.40.12 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop, stack consumption, and application crash) via cyclic references in an SVG document.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.4% · higher than 84% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
LI
Librsvg · Gnome
through 2.40.11 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7558
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7558
Third Party Advisory
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3584
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/21/5
Mailing List
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/30/3
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1268243
Vendor Advisory
https://git.gnome.org/browse/librsvg/commit/?id=a51919f7e1ca9c535390a746fbf6e28c8402dc61
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