CVE-2018-1000639

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.6 v3.1)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2018-08-20 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-611

Description

LatexDraw version <=4.0 contains a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in SVG parsing functionality that can result in disclosure of data, server side request forgery, port scanning, possible rce. This attack appear to be exploitable via Specially crafted SVG file.

Affected products

Latexdraw Project Latexdraw: through 3.3.9; 4.0-beta1, 4.0-beta2

References

https://0dd.zone/2018/08/05/LatexDraw-XXE/
https://github.com/arnobl/latexdraw/issues/10
https://0dd.zone/2018/08/05/LatexDraw-XXE/
https://github.com/arnobl/latexdraw/issues/10

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