CVE-2016-9181

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-611 Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference ('XXE')

Publication date:

22/12/2016

Last modified:

12/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 7.10 HIGH
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Privileges Required (PR): None
User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): High
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): High

Base Score 3.x

7.10

Severity 3.x

HIGH

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.80 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): None
Availability (A): Physical