CVE-2007-1463

Format string vulnerability in Inkscape before 0.45.1 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via format string specifiers in a URI, which is not properly handled by certain dialogs.

Published: 2007-03-21 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2007-1463 is rated High Risk (65.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 16.55%, 95th percentile). Core evidence: EPSS ranks this CVE among the most likely to be exploited in the near term. EPSS rose +5.29% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: High exploitation likelihood—assess exposure and prioritize remediation.

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Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2007-1463

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 2026-04-13 11.26% 16.55% +5.29%
2 2025-12-30 9.37% 11.26% +1.89%
3 2025-11-07 9.37%

Full EPSS history (16 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2007-1463

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/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:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
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.
8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2007-1463

OS Trackers for CVE-2007-1463

vendor priority summary link
debian low CVE-2007-1463 low 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-2007-1463
gentoo normal CVE-2007-1463: 1 GLSA(s) (200704-10), 1 atom(s) (media-gfx/inkscape); latest impact normal. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2007-1463
ubuntu medium CVE-2007-1463 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-2007-1463

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2007-1463

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
inkscape inkscape 0.40 cpe:2.3:a:inkscape:inkscape:0.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
inkscape inkscape 0.43 cpe:2.3:a:inkscape:inkscape:0.43:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
inkscape inkscape 0.44 cpe:2.3:a:inkscape:inkscape:0.44:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2007-1463

URL Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/24584
http://secunia.com/advisories/24597
http://secunia.com/advisories/24615
http://secunia.com/advisories/24661
http://secunia.com/advisories/24859
http://secunia.com/advisories/25072
http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?group_id=93438&release_id=495106 Patch
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200704-10.xml
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:069
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_8_sr.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/463710/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23070
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23138
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-438-1 Vendor Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1059
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/33163
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1170
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