CVE-2005-3737

Exp

Buffer overflow in the SVG importer (style.cpp) of inkscape 0.41 through 0.42.2 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a SVG file with long CSS style property values.

Published: 2005-11-22 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2005-3737 is rated High Exploit Risk (64.2/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 28.06%, 96th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2005-3737

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
26540 exploit_db edb 2005-11-21 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2005-3737

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-03-30 32.93% 28.06% -4.87%
2 2025-03-29 28.06% 32.93% +4.87%
3 2025-03-17 — 28.06% —

Full EPSS history (7 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2005-3737

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.1 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 4.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2005-3737

OS Trackers for CVE-2005-3737

vendor priority summary link
debian medium CVE-2005-3737 medium priority: Debian including 1 source packages (inkscape), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5. https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2005-3737
gentoo normal CVE-2005-3737: 1 GLSA(s) (200511-22), 1 atom(s) (media-gfx/inkscape); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2005-3737
ubuntu medium CVE-2005-3737 medium priority: Ubuntu including 1 source packages (inkscape), 4 status rows across 4 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, upstream): released 3, needs-triage 1. https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2005-3737

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2005-3737

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
inkscape inkscape 0.41 cpe:2.3:a:inkscape:inkscape:0.41:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
inkscape inkscape 0.42 cpe:2.3:a:inkscape:inkscape:0.42:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
inkscape inkscape 0.42.1 cpe:2.3:a:inkscape:inkscape:0.42.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
inkscape inkscape 0.42.2 cpe:2.3:a:inkscape:inkscape:0.42.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2005-3737

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