High severity7.1NVD Advisory· Published Dec 22, 2016· Updated Jun 17, 2026

CVE-2016-9181

Description

perl-Image-Info: When parsing an SVG file, external entity expansion (XXE) was not disabled. An attacker could craft an SVG file which, when processed by an application using perl-Image-Info, could cause denial of service or, potentially, information disclosure.

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Affected products

Image Info/Image Info For Perl2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:image-info_project:image-info_for_perl:1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:image-info_project:image-info_for_perl:1.16:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:image-info_project:image-info_for_perl:1.30:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Image Info/Image-Infollm-create
Perl Foundation/Image-Infollm-create

Patches

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References

www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/11/04/2nvdThird Party Advisory
www.securityfocus.com/bid/94220nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry

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