Out-of-bounds read in librsvg - CVE-2016-6163
Published: February 1, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU24816
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6163
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 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.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-6163
Install updates from vendor's website.