7.5

CVE-2015-7557: gnome librsvg Improper Input Validation

CVSS: 7.5v3.0HighModified
AliasesUBUNTU-CVE-2015-7557DEBIAN-CVE-2015-7557DLA-395-1
Published 20-05-2016Last modified 06-08-2024
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Vulnerability summary

CVE-2015-7557 is a high (CVSS 7.5) Improper Input Validation vulnerability in gnome librsvg. EPSS estimates a 2.03% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 80.7% of scored vulnerabilities.

Overall risk
30/100
0100
Medium · default modelHow is this calculated?
CVSS score
7.5/10
010
High · v3.0 (NVD)
EPSS score
2.03%
0%100%
Low · -0.06 pp in 30 days
KEVNot listedIn no KEV catalog
RansomwareNone recordedNo known use recorded
Public exploits0No public exploits recorded

Advisory lineage

Upstream 0 · Downstream 1
MGASA-2016-0021

Timeline

  1. 20-05-2016
    PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
  2. 06-08-2024
    Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

The _rsvg_node_poly_build_path function in rsvg-shapes.c in librsvg before 2.40.7 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds heap read) via an odd number of elements in a coordinate pair in an SVG document.

CVSS metrics

4 scores · 3 sources · 2 versions

EPSS trend

Probability

2.03%

Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days

Percentile

81%

Versus all other CVEs

30-day change

-0.06 pp

From 2.08% on 19-09-2026

19-09-202619-10-2026
EPSS score
2.03%

Known exploited

Compare KEV catalogs

Not in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.

Public exploits

0 found

No public exploits indexed.

Weaknesses

CWE · root cause

Affected systems

Debian1 product
  • librsvg< 2.40.9-2 | < 2.26.3-1+deb6u3
Gnome1 product
Ubuntu1 product
  • librsvg< 2.40.13-1

3 vendors · 3 products

References

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