CVE-2015-7558

librsvg DoS via Cyclic References

7.5 HighFix available

librsvg before 2.40.12 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop, stack consumption, and application crash) via cyclic references in an SVG document.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector: Network
Complexity: Low
Privileges needed: None
User interaction: None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality: None
Integrity: None
Availability: High

Exploit likelihood

2.39%Up 1.4 points since Feb 4, 2022

What each source reports

NVD Score used 7.5

librsvg before 2.40.12 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop, stack consumption, and application crash) via cyclic references in an SVG document.

Record: CVE-2015-7558
CVSS 3.0: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.0: 5.0 MediumAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Weakness: CWE-20
Updated: 2026-11-02

CVE List No score

librsvg before 2.40.12 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop, stack consumption, and application crash) via cyclic references in an SVG document.

Record: CVE-2015-7558
Updated: 2026-11-02

EUVDEUVD-2022-4321 No score

librsvg before 2.40.12 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop, stack consumption, and application crash) via cyclic references in an SVG document.

Record: EUVD-2022-4321
Updated: 2026-11-03

GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-j984-q4qc-6qxf 7.5

librsvg DoS via Cyclic References

librsvg before 2.40.12 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop, stack consumption, and application crash) via cyclic references in an SVG document.

Record: GHSA-j984-q4qc-6qxf
CVSS 3.0: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness: CWE-20
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSV 7.5

librsvg before 2.40.12 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop, stack consumption, and application crash) via cyclic references in an SVG document.

Record: CVE-2015-7558
CVSS 3.0: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVDEBIAN-CVE-2015-7558 7.5

librsvg before 2.40.12 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop, stack consumption, and application crash) via cyclic references in an SVG document.

Record: DEBIAN-CVE-2015-7558
CVSS 3.0: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVGHSA-j984-q4qc-6qxf 7.5

librsvg DoS via Cyclic References

librsvg before 2.40.12 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop, stack consumption, and application crash) via cyclic references in an SVG document.

Record: GHSA-j984-q4qc-6qxf
CVSS 3.0: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Weakness: CWE-20
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVUBUNTU-CVE-2015-7558 7.5

librsvg before 2.40.12 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop, stack consumption, and application crash) via cyclic references in an SVG document.

Record: UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7558
CVSS 3.0: 7.5 HighCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Updated: 2026-11-02

OSVMGASA-2016-0021 No score

Updated librsvg packages fix security vulnerability

Out-of-bounds heap read in librsvg2 was found when parsing SVG file (CVE-2015-7557).

Stack exhaustion due to cyclic dependency causing to crash an application was found in librsvg2 while parsing SVG file (CVE-2015-7558).

The librsvg package has been updated to version 2.40.13, fixing these issues and several other bugs. See the upstream NEWS file for details.

Record: MGASA-2016-0021
Updated: 2026-11-02

Affected products

Affected packages

Affected packages
Package	Affected	Fixed
`librsvg` crates.io	before 2.40.12	2.40.12
`librsvg` Debian:12	before 2.40.12-1	2.40.12-1
`librsvg` Debian:13	before 2.40.12-1	2.40.12-1
`librsvg` Debian:14	before 2.40.12-1	2.40.12-1
`librsvg` Debian:7	before 2.36.1-2+deb7u2, plus listed versions 2.36.1-12.36.1-22.36.1-2+deb7u1	2.36.1-2+deb7u2
`librsvg` Debian:8	before 2.40.5-1+deb8u2, plus listed versions 2.40.5-12.40.5-1+deb8u1	2.40.5-1+deb8u2
`librsvg` Mageia:5	before 2.40.13-1.mga5	2.40.13-1.mga5

History

History
Recorded	Changed	Sources
Nov 3, 2026	affected
Nov 3, 2026	aliases	EUVD
Nov 2, 2026	first indexed	CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD, OSV

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2015-7558 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.5) in Gnome Librsvg, published January 15, 2016. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.39%, the 84th percentile. Fixed in librsvg 2.40.12.

References

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