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high 7.5

CVE-2022-41704 json

Apache Batik prior to 1.16 allows RCE when loading untrusted SVG input

published 4y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-r29w-r9ph-vm76 , EUVD-2022-7156

cvss
7.5
version 3.1, CNA
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.1%
EPSS 3.1% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 87%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

A vulnerability in Batik of Apache XML Graphics allows an attacker to run untrusted Java code from an SVG. This issue affects Apache XML Graphics prior to 1.16. It is recommended to update to version 1.16.

Patch / fix

  • maven org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik 1.16
  • apache batik 1.16
  • batik Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 1.16+dfsg-1

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2022-41704

  • batik Ubuntu 18.04 LTS 1.10-2~18.04.1
  • batik Ubuntu 20.04 LTS 1.12-1ubuntu0.1
  • batik Ubuntu 22.04 LTS 1.14-1ubuntu0.2
  • batik Ubuntu Pro 14.04 LTS 1.7.ubuntu-8ubuntu2.14.04.3+esm1
  • batik Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS 1.8-3ubuntu1+esm1

ubuntu advisories UBUNTU-CVE-2022-41704

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

  • xmlgraphics-batik SLE Module for Development Tools 15 SP5, openSUSE Leap 15.5 1.17-150200.4.7.1
  • xmlgraphics-batik SLE Software Development Kit 12 SP5 1.17-2.7.1

suse advisories SUSE-SU-2024:0808-1SUSE-SU-2024:0777-1

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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-2022-41704 updated cvss 7.5

batik: Apache XML Graphics Batik vulnerable to code execution via SVG

  • Red Hat Decision Manager 7 batik
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Integration Camel K 1 batik Red Hat Integration Camel Quarkus 2 batik
    affected: no fix planned “Will not fix”
  • Red Hat JBoss Data Grid 7 batik Red Hat Process Automation 7 batik
    affected: no fix planned “Out of support scope”
  • Red Hat Fuse 7.12
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:3954
  • Red Hat RHINT Camel-Springboot 3.20.1
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2023:2100

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

CISA SSVC

Exploitation
none
Automatable
yes
Technical impact
partial
Assessed
8mo ago

Exploit prediction

3.10% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 87% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
CISA ADP 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
NVD 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CNA 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
GitHub 3.1 7.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.apache.xmlgraphics:batik
<1.16
1.16

Affected products

  • Apache Software Foundation Apache XML Graphics

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-918 Server-Side Request Forgery

References

Sources

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