Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-6163

Title: Gnome Librsvg Memory Corruption

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2016-6163.

CWE Category CWE-125

Published Date Feb 03, 2017

Modified Date Jun 17, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 5.5 CVSS v3.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.39%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-6163: The rsvg_pattern_fix_fallback function in rsvg-paint_server.c in librsvg2 2.40.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read) via a crafted svg file.

Impacted Vendors

gnome 1

Reference Links

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/04/3 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/05/9 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1353520 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/04/3 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/05/9 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1353520

CVSS v3.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.5

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

REQUIRED

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.3

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns