Upstream information

CVE-2016-9181 at MITRE

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.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 5.8
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 7.1
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact High
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1008647 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

    openSUSE-SU-2017:0667-1

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Nov 4 08:24:11 2016
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:26:34 2025