What is CVE-2019-6246?

CVE-2019-6246 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Svgpp, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-01-13.

How severe is CVE-2019-6246?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Svgpp

CVE-2019-6246

An issue was discovered in SVG++ (aka svgpp) 1.2.3. After calling the gil::get_color function in Generic Image Library in Boost, the return code is used as an address, leading to an Access Violation because of an out-of-bounds read.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.018 (76.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Svgpp — versions 1.2.3
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-6246?: CVE-2019-6246 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Svgpp, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2019-01-13.
How severe is CVE-2019-6246?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.