TI-2012-04757 Aliases CVE-2012-5656 GHSA-r89j-vhg3-xw33

The rasterization process in Inkscape before 0.48.4 allows local users to read arbitrary…

LOW 27CWE-611Published 2013-01-18 · Updated 2024-08-06

Key facts

Attack vector: Local
Privileges required: Low
User interaction: None
Attack complexity: Low
Impact type: Information disclosure
Confidentiality · integrity · availability: High · None · None
Fix status: Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA and Red Hat. Impact type from CWE-611 and the CVSS impact.

Summary

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.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.01155 67th percentileScored 2026-11-07

Public exploit Yes 2 exploit referencesTagged by NVD

Fix Will not fix Red Hat: no fix planned

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

Vendor	Product	Affected versions	Fixed in	Status	Source
—	—	all versions	—	No fix listed	CNA

— Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 11

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:a:inkscape:inkscape::::::::	before 0.48.4	Vulnerable	Inkscape
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:16:::::::*	16	Vulnerable	Fedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:17:::::::*	17	Vulnerable	Fedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:18:::::::*	18	Vulnerable	Fedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04::::-:::	10.04	Vulnerable	Canonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10:::::::*	11.10	Vulnerable	Canonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04::::-:::	12.04	Vulnerable	Canonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10:::::::*	12.10	Vulnerable	Canonical
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.4:::::::*	11.4	Vulnerable	openSUSE
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.1:::::::*	12.1	Vulnerable	openSUSE

cpe:2.3:a:inkscape:inkscape:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions before 0.48.4 Vulnerable ·Inkscape
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:16:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 16 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:17:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 17 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:18:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 18 Vulnerable ·Fedoraproject
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:10.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:* Versions 10.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:11.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11.10 Vulnerable ·Canonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.04:*:*:*:-:*:*:* Versions 12.04 Vulnerable ·Canonical
cpe:2.3:o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:12.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 12.10 Vulnerable ·Canonical
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:11.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 11.4 Vulnerable ·openSUSE
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 12.1 Vulnerable ·openSUSE

Show 1 more CPE

CPE	Versions	Role	Vendor
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.2:::::::*	12.2	Vulnerable	openSUSE

cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 12.2 Vulnerable ·openSUSE

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Low. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Product	Status	Plan or fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6	Affected	No fix planned: Will not fix

Timeline

2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2012-5656
2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-r89j-vhg3-xw33

References

Exploit 2

Patch 1

http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~inkscape.dev/inkscape/trunk/revision/11931

Advisory 6

Other 1

https://launchpad.net/inkscape/+milestone/0.48.4

Sources

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