CVE-2016-9181
perl-Image-Info: XXE in SVG files
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · September 27, 2016
Updated · November 21, 2025
Description
A vulnerability was found in perl-ImageInfo. 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.
Statement
Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 7.1CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:L
CVSS 2.0 · 5.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
CWE-611 · Improper Restriction of XML External Entity Reference