librsvg2: Stack exhaustion causing DoS
Published May 20, 2016
7.5
HIGHCVSS 3.0
EPSS 2.37%
Description
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- 8.0
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
librsvg2
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
librsvg2
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
librsvg2
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | librsvg2 | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | librsvg2 | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | librsvg2 | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 (12 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 2.37% (0.02369) | 83.20th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 2.40% (0.02399) | 81.80th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 1.21% (0.01210) | 77.12th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 2.49% (0.02493) | 75.52th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 1.21% (0.01210) | 77.60th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.30% (0.00305) | 70.58th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.30% (0.00305) | 68.92th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.30% (0.00305) | 64.98th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 40.69th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 38.88th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 36.86th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.02% (0.01018) | 19.50th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (9)
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3584 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/21/5 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/30/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7558 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1268243 x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
- https://git.gnome.org/browse/librsvg/commit/?id=a51919f7e1ca9c535390a746fbf6e28c8402dc61 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j984-q4qc-6qxf Advisory
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7558
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7558
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3584 | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/12/21/5 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/30/3 | mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTMailing ListThird Party Advisory | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-7558 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1268243 | x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking | |
| https://git.gnome.org/browse/librsvg/commit/?id=a51919f7e1ca9c535390a746fbf6e28c8402dc61 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-j984-q4qc-6qxf | Advisory | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7558 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2015-7558 |
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