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CVE-2015-0250 json

Improper Input Validation in Apache Batik

published 11y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-wfw6-mmmp-87xm , EUVD-2022-5566

cvss
6.4
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
16.6%
EPSS 16.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the SVG to (1) PNG and (2) JPG conversion classes in Apache Batik 1.x before 1.8 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service via a crafted SVG file.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik 1.8
  • batik Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.7+dfsg-5

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2015-0250

  • batik Ubuntu 14.04 LTS 1.7.ubuntu-8ubuntu2.14.04.1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2015-0250

Ubuntu security data © Canonical Ltd., from https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices via OSV; changed: normalised to fixed package versions per release. CC BY-SA 4.0

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Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2015-0250 updated cvss 5.8

batik: XML External Entity (XXE) injection in SVG parsing

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 batik, batik-demo, batik-svgpp, batik-javadoc, batik-ttf2svg, batik-squiggle, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 batik, batik-demo, batik-svgpp, batik-javadoc, batik-ttf2svg, batik-squiggle, +2 more Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization 3 jasperreports-server-pro Red Hat JBoss BRMS 5 batik
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat JBoss Fuse Service Works 6 batik
    affected: no fix available
  • Red Hat JBoss SOA Platform 5 batik Red Hat Software Collections rh-java-common-batik, rh-java-common-batik-demo, rh-java-common-batik-svgpp, rh-java-common-batik-javadoc, rh-java-common-batik-ttf2svg, rh-java-common-batik-squiggle, +2 more
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat JBoss BPMS 6.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:0042
  • Red Hat JBoss BPMS 6.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:2560
  • Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2016:0041
  • Red Hat JBoss BRMS 6.2
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2015:2559
  • Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 2 jboss-eap6-modules, openshift-origin-cartridge-fuse
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

16.56% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

  • seclists.org http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Mar/142 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik
>=1.0, <1.8
1.8

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-20 Improper Input Validation

References

Sources

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