SB2016052003 - Denial of service in librsvg
Published: May 20, 2016 Updated: February 1, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016052003
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Out-of-bounds read (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-7557)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary error in the _rsvg_node_poly_build_path() function in rsvg-shapes.c. A remote attacker can create an odd number of elements in a coordinate pair in an SVG document, trick the victim into opening it, trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.