MEDIUM
Buffer overflow in the SVG importer (style.cpp) of inkscape 0.41 through 0.42.2 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a SVG file with long CSS style property values
Published Nov 22, 2005
5.1
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 13.42%
Description
Buffer overflow in the SVG importer (style.cpp) of inkscape 0.41 through 0.42.2 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a SVG file with long CSS style property values.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.1 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
13.42% 0.13419
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.13419
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 13.42% (0.13419) | 96.31th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 13.42% (0.13419) | 95.93th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 28.06% (0.28064) | 96.06th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 32.93% (0.32932) | 95.14th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 28.06% (0.28064) | 96.07th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 19.05% (0.19051) | 96.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 12, 2023 | 21.89% (0.21893) | 95.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 20.43% (0.20433) | 95.55th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 39.73% (0.39729) | 98.14th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 39.73% (0.39729) | 97.40th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (13)
- http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=330894 x_refsource_MISC
- http://cvs.sourceforge.net/viewcvs.py/inkscape/inkscape/src/style.cpp?r1=1.110&r2=1.110.2.1 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17651 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17662 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17778 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17882 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/58 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-916 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200511-22.xml vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOO
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_28_sr.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15507 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploitPatch
- http://www.ubuntulinux.org/usn/usn-217-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2005/2511 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Nov 22, 2005
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Nov 21, 2005
Link CVE-2005-3737
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a