Out-of-bounds read in librsvg - CVE-2015-7557
Published: February 1, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU24815
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-7557
CWE-ID: CWE-125
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 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2015-7557
Install update from vendor's website.