vulnerability
Red Hat: CVE-2019-20446: CVE-2019-20446 librsvg: Resource exhaustion via crafted SVG file with nested patterns (Multiple Advisories)
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Feb 2, 2020 | Nov 5, 2020 | Mar 27, 2026 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Feb 2, 2020
Added
Nov 5, 2020
Modified
Mar 27, 2026
Description
In xml.rs in GNOME librsvg before 2.46.2, a crafted SVG file with nested patterns can cause denial of service when passed to the library for processing. The attacker constructs pattern elements so that the number of final rendered objects grows exponentially.
Solutions
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