Division by zero in librsvg - CVE-2017-11464
Published: February 1, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU24817
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-2017-11464
CWE-ID: CWE-369
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 attack.
The vulnerability exists due to a division by zero error within the box_blur_line() function in rsvg-filter.c. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted SVG file to the application and crash it.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-11464
Install update from vendor's website.