What is CVE-2016-4348?

CVE-2016-4348 is a high-severity vulnerability in GNOME Librsvg, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-05-20.

How severe is CVE-2016-4348?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Improper input validation in GNOME Librsvg

CVE-2016-4348

The _rsvg_css_normalize_font_size function in librsvg 2.40.2 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and application crash) via circular definitions in an SVG document.

Vulnerability class: Drupalgeddon 2 (CVE-2018-7600)

Published 2016-05-20 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.024 (83.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 84th percentile — 83.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.024 · newest: 0.024 · change: 0.000

Affected products

GNOME Librsvg
Debian Linux — versions 8.0
openSUSE Leap — versions 42.1
openSUSE — versions 13.2

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-20 — Improper Input Validation

References

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/28/4 (mailing-list)
git.gnome.org/browse/librsvg/commit/ (Vendor Advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/30/3 (mailing-list)
www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3584 (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-05/msg00079.html (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/04/28/7 (mailing-list)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/10/15 (mailing-list)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-4348?: CVE-2016-4348 is a high-severity vulnerability in GNOME Librsvg, classified under Improper Input Validation. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2016-05-20.
How severe is CVE-2016-4348?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.