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CVE-2015-7557

24
FAUCET Score

CVE-2015-7557 is an out-of-bounds heap read vulnerability in librsvg versions prior to 2.40.7, specifically within the _rsvg_node_poly_build_path function, affecting GNOME librsvg. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service by providing a malformed SVG document with an odd number of coordinate pair elements. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.5 (HIGH), it has a low attack complexity and does not require user interaction or privileges, but only impacts availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 2.40.6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:librsvg:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.5HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
2.08%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0208 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 51,506 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 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 Patches (3)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: librsvg2
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: librsvg2
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: librsvg2

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2015-7557Moderate

librsvg2: Out-of-bounds heap read when parsing SVG file

Dec 21, 2015

References

git.gnome.org / browse/librsvg/commit/rsvg-shapes.c
Vendor Advisory
git.gnome.org / browse/librsvg/tree/NEWS
Vendor Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2015/12/21/5