Infinite loop in librsvg - CVE-2015-7558
Published: January 31, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU24812
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-7558
CWE-ID: CWE-835
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Gnome Development Team
Affected software:
librsvg
librsvg
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop when processing cyclic references in an SVG document. A remote attacker can use a specially crafted SVG file to consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.
How to mitigate CVE-2015-7558
Install updates from vendor's website.