Infinite loop in librsvg - #VU24811
Published: January 31, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU24811
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-835
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop in when processing CSS sibling combinators. A remote attacker can consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.
Affected software
librsvg
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.
librsvg - update to 2.47.2