NULL pointer dereference in librsvg - CVE-2011-3146

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NULL pointer dereference in librsvg - CVE-2011-3146

Published: February 1, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU24814
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 8.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-3146
CWE-ID: CWE-476
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation in a SVG file with a node with the element name starting with "fe," which is misidentified as a RsvgFilterPrimitive. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted SVG file to the affected application, trigger a NULL pointer dereference error crash the application or execute arbitrary code on the target system.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.


Affected software

librsvg
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing

How to mitigate CVE-2011-3146

Install update from vendor's website.

librsvg - update to 2.34.1

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