CVE-2012-5656 XML external entity in n/a

What is CVE-2012-5656?

CVE-2012-5656 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 18 Jan 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The rasterization process in Inkscape before 0.48.4 allows local users to read arbitrary files via an external entity in a SVG file, aka an XML external entity (XXE) injection attack.

Weakness: CWE-611

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-5656?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Fedoraproject Fedora, Inkscape Inkscape, Opensuse Opensuse.

How do I fix CVE-2012-5656?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2012-5656 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-5656 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

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• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5656, GHSA-r89j-vhg3-xw33.