Unauthorized information disclosure via out-of-bounds read
Published May 18, 2022 · Updated Apr 16, 2025
Out-of-bounds read in Inkscape 0.91 allows attackers to access unauthorized information via a crafted document opened by a user. The authoritative advisory does not identify the parser component or operation beyond an out-of-bounds memory read. Exploitation requires local access to an affected installation and user interaction to open the crafted content; the documented consequence is memory disclosure rather than code execution or service interruption.
Summary
What happened
Out-of-bounds read in Inkscape 0.91 allows attackers to access unauthorized information via a crafted document opened by a user. The authoritative advisory does not identify the parser component or operation beyond an out-of-bounds memory read. Exploitation requires local access to an affected installation and user interaction to open the crafted content; the documented consequence is memory disclosure rather than code execution or service interruption.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2021-42700
- Published
- May 18, 2022
- Updated
- Apr 16, 2025
- Vendor
- Inkscape
- Product
- Inkscape
- Classifications
- CWE-125, T1005
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- May 18, 2022CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Apr 16, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=0.91
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Public exploit references
- Inkscape crafted-file exploit referenceproof of concept · unverified
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