An issue was discovered in SVG++ (aka svgpp) 1.2.3.

published 2019-01-13 7y ago modified 2026-06-17 4mo ago also EUVD-2019-15813

cvss: 9.8; version 3.0, NVD
cisa kev: Not listed; not in CISA's catalog
epss: 1.8%; EPSS 1.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 79%
public exploits: 0; none known

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.

Patch / fix

distros 2 links 1

debian ubuntu

svgpp Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.2.3+dfsg1-5

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2019-6246

svgpp Ubuntu Pro 18.04 LTS 1.2.3+dfsg1-3ubuntu1+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2019-6246

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github.com/svgpp/svgpp/issues/70 advisory

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Exploit prediction

1.84% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 79% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

Exploits and checks

github.com https://github.com/svgpp/svgpp/issues/70 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by	version	score	vector
NVD	3.0	9.8	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD	2.0	7.5	AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness

CWE-125 Out-of-bounds Read

References

github.com /svgpp/svgpp/issues/70
exploit, patch, third-party-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-2019-6246
NVD CVE-2019-6246

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