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Android SVG vulnerable to XML External Entity (XXE)

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Oct 19, 2018 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 9, 2023

Package

maven com.caverock:androidsvg (Maven)

Affected versions

< 1.3

Patched versions

1.3

Description

AndroidSVG version 1.2.2 is vulnerable to XXE attacks in the SVG parsing component resulting in denial of service and possibly remote code execution

References

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Oct 19, 2018
Reviewed Jun 16, 2020
Last updated Jan 9, 2023

Severity

High
7.8
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Local
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2017-1000498

GHSA ID

GHSA-g556-x5vx-qh59
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