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Type: advisorySources: OSVCVE: CVE-2018-1000639

LatexDraw version <=4.0 contains a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in SVG parsing functionality that can result in disclosure of data, server side request forgery, port scanning, possible rce. This attack appear to be exploitable via Specially crafted SVG file.

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31 Oct 2026, 10:20 UTC · Revision 1

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CVE-2018-1000639

core-osv · Original source

Published 20 Aug 2018, 19:31 UTC

LatexDraw version <=4.0 contains a XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in SVG parsing functionality that can result in disclosure of data, server side request forgery, port scanning, possible rce. This attack appear to be exploitable via Specially crafted SVG file.

osv:CVE-2018-1000639
Complete source record
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