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inkscape: arbitrary code execution

Package(s):inkscape CVE #(s):CVE-2005-3737
Created:November 21, 2005 Updated:December 7, 2005
Description: A buffer overflow has been discovered in the SVG importer of Inkscape. By tricking an user into opening a specially crafted SVG image this could be exploited to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the Inkscape user.
Alerts:
Debian-Testing DTSA-24-1 2005-12-05
Debian DSA-916-1 2005-12-07
Gentoo 200511-22 2005-11-28
Ubuntu USN-217-1 2005-11-21
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