CVE-2021-42702

FAUCET Score

CVE-2021-42702 describes an uninitialized pointer access vulnerability in Inkscape version 0.91, which could lead to unauthorized information disclosure. This is a low-severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 3.3, requiring local access and user interaction for exploitation, but with a low impact on confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion 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

0.87%

Probability of exploitation in next 30 days

EPSS Percentile

55.1%

Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group

As of 2026-07-27

Model: v2026.06.15

This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0087 is in the 64th 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-2021-42702Moderate

inkscape: Inkscape can access an uninitialized pointer that allowes to unauthorized information.

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