cve/2012/CVE-2012-5656.md

### [CVE-2012-5656](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-5656)
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### Description

The rasterization process in Inkscape before 0.48.4 allows local users to read arbitrary files via an external entity in a SVG file, aka an XML external entity (XXE) injection attack.

### POC

#### Reference
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/20/3
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/inkscape/+bug/1025185

#### Github
No PoCs found on GitHub currently.