CVE-2018-25305

Publication date 30 April 2026

Last updated 4 May 2026


Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.2 · Medium

Score breakdown

Description

librsvg2-bin 2.40.13 contains a buffer overflow vulnerability that allows local attackers to cause a denial of service by processing malformed SVG files. Attackers can supply crafted SVG input to the rsvg conversion tool to trigger a segmentation fault in the cairo image compositor.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
librsvg 26.04 LTS resolute
Not affected
25.10 questing
Not affected
24.04 LTS noble
Not affected
22.04 LTS jammy
Not affected
20.04 LTS focal
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected

Notes


mdeslaur

This appears to be a bogus CVE. The backtrace in exploit-db shows the reproducer crashing in cairo, not librsvg. This is probably fixed by CVE-2016-3190 in cairo.

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.2 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

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