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CVE-2016-6163

21
FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-6163 describes an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in the rsvg_pattern_fix_fallback function within librsvg2 version 2.40.2, affecting GNOME librsvg. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) can be triggered by a remote attacker via a crafted SVG file, leading to a denial of service. While user interaction is required, the attack complexity is low. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
2.40.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:gnome:librsvg:2.40.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

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

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
69.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0139 is in the 80th percentile among its peer group of 5,765 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia nvd_reference
View patch
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-2016-6163Moderate

librsvg2: Out-of-bounds read when processing crafted SVG file

Jul 4, 2016

References

bugzilla.redhat.com / show_bug.cgi
Issue TrackingPatch
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/07/04/3
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/07/05/9
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory