librsvg before 2.40.12 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service…
Priority LOW 37CWE-20Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Attack complexity
- Low
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · None · High
- Fix status
- Partial Red Hat: 3 without a fix
Attack profile from CVSS 3.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA, GitHub and Red Hat.
Summary
librsvg before 2.40.12 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop, stack consumption, and application crash) via cyclic references in an SVG document.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.02389 84th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix Partial librsvg (crates.io): 2.40.12Red Hat: 3 without a fix
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 |
| — | librsvg (crates.io) | before 2.40.12 | 2.40.12 | Patch available | GHSA-j984-q4qc-6qxf |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
- librsvg (crates.io) Vendor— Affected before 2.40.12 Fixed in 2.40.12 Patch available GHSA-j984-q4qc-6qxf
Remediation
- Fix · GHSA-j984-q4qc-6qxf librsvg (crates.io) Fixed in 2.40.12 Advisory →
Vendor assessments
Red Hat
Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →
| Product | Status | Plan or fix |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | Affected | No fix planned: Will not fix |
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2015-7558
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j984-q4qc-6qxf
References
Advisory 5
- [oss-security] 20151221 CVE-2015-7557, CVE-2015-7558 librsvg2: Out-of-bounds heap read and stack exhaustion
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/librsvg/commit/?id=a51919f7e1ca9c535390a746fbf6e28c8402dc61
- [oss-security] 20160430 Re: CVE requests: DoS in librsvg parsing SVGs with circular definitions
- DSA-3584
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7558
Sources
- CVE-2015-7558 · CVE Program
- CVE-2015-7558 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-j984-q4qc-6qxf · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2015-7558 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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