CVE-2016-9181 XML external entity in n/a
An attacker can cause denial of service or information disclosure by crafting a malicious SVG file processed by the Perl Image-Info library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-9181?
CVE-2016-9181 is a high-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 22 Dec 2016. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
perl-Image-Info: When parsing an SVG file, external entity expansion (XXE) was not disabled. An attacker could craft an SVG file which, when processed by an application using perl-Image-Info, could cause denial of service or, potentially, information disclosure.
Weakness: CWE-611
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-9181?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Image-Info Project Image-Info for Perl.
How do I fix CVE-2016-9181?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2016-9181 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-9181 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-9181, GHSA-99g7-5p97-g9vw, MGASA-2017-0151, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-9181.