CVE-2021-42700

FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-42700 describes an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in Inkscape version 0.91, potentially allowing unauthorized information access. This vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 3.3, indicating a low attack complexity and requiring user interaction (e.g., opening a malicious file) for exploitation, with a potential impact limited to confidentiality. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

Vendor	Product	Version(s)	CPE
		0.91CPE matchmatch criteria	cpe:2.3:a:inkscape:inkscape:0.91:::::::*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

3.3LOW

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

LOW

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Exploitability Score

1.8

Impact Score

1.4

CvssVersion

3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score

0.72%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

50.2%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-27

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0072 is in the 61st percentile among its peer group of 577 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.0 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2021-42700Moderate

inkscape: out-of-bounds read found in Inkscape

May 18, 2022

References

cisa.gov / uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-132-03

Third Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource

integraxor.com / scada-animation-graphic-editor-extension-inkscape

ExploitThird Party Advisory