CVE-2017-5617

Severity: high (CVSS 7.4 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2017-03-16 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-918

Description

The SVG Salamander (aka svgSalamander) library, when used in a web application, allows remote attackers to conduct server-side request forgery (SSRF) attacks via an xlink:href attribute in an SVG file.

Affected products

Debian Linux: 8.0
Kitfox Svg Salamander: all versions

References

http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3781
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/27/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/29/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95871
https://github.com/blackears/svgSalamander/issues/11
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/3V7RIIO3HO4RNDBN2PARLIDAL3RPV2OX/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UPUOI6NCEB6H6YHKN7M4V3CAQD63NXAU/
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202003-11
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3781
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/27/3
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/29/2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95871

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