CVE-2016-4348

high

Published 2016-05-20 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

7.5

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

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.5

Description

The _rsvg_css_normalize_font_size function in librsvg 2.40.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and application crash) via circular definitions in an SVG document.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

83%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
debian	8.0	affected
suse	42.1	affected
suse	13.2	affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`2.40.12-1`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`2.40.12-1`
debian	forky	fixed	`2.40.12-1`
debian	sid	fixed	`2.40.12-1`
debian	trixie	fixed	`2.40.12-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
gnome	librsvg	`{"endIncluding":"2.40.1"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-20

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.