SB2017020303 - Denial of service in librsvg
Published: February 3, 2017 Updated: February 1, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017020303
Severity
Low
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-2016-6163)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition within the rsvg_pattern_fix_fallback() function in rsvg-paint_server.c in librsvg when processing SVG files. A remote attacker can use a specially crafted SVG file to trigger out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.