CVE-2021-44960

Publication date 15 February 2022

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

In SVGPP SVG++ library 1.3.0, the XMLDocument::getRoot function in the renderDocument function handled the XMLDocument object improperly, returning a null pointer in advance at the second if, resulting in a null pointer reference behind the renderDocument function.

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
svgpp	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	23.10 mantic	Not affected
	23.04 lunar	Not affected
	22.10 kinetic	Fixed 1.3.0+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.22.10.1
	22.04 LTS jammy	Fixed 1.3.0+dfsg1-3ubuntu2.22.04.1
	21.10 impish	Ignored
	20.04 LTS focal	Vulnerable
	18.04 LTS bionic	Fixed 1.2.3+dfsg1-3ubuntu1+esm1 Ubuntu Pro
	16.04 LTS xenial	Ignored
	14.04 LTS trusty	Ignored

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Notes

elvric

Only affects the demo

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.5 · Medium
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	Required
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

USN-6178-1
SVG++ library vulnerabilities
19 June 2023