Description
perl-Image-Info: When parsing an SVG file, external entity expansion (XXE) was not disabled. An attacker could craft an SVG file which, when processed by an application using perl-Image-Info, could cause denial of service or, potentially, information disclosure.
Published: 2016-12-22
Score: 7.1 High
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-9997 perl-Image-Info: When parsing an SVG file, external entity expansion (XXE) was not disabled. An attacker could craft an SVG file which, when processed by an application using perl-Image-Info, could cause denial of service or, potentially, information disclosure.
History

Sun, 13 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00289}

epss

{'score': 0.00253}


Subscriptions

Image-info Project Image-info For Perl
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T02:42:11.100Z

Reserved: 2016-11-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-9181

cve-icon Vulnrichment

No data.

cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-12-22T21:59:00.193

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-9181

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-9181 - Bugzilla

cve-icon OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses