🛡️ CVE-2021-42704 on Ubuntu — inkscape

⚪ Unknown ✅ No Known Exploit OSV

N/A

CVSS Score

0 Low4 Medium7 High9 Critical10

Description

Inkscape version 0.91 is vulnerable to an out-of-bounds write, which may allow an attacker to arbitrary execute code.

Distribution advisory

This page covers CVE-2021-42704 as tracked by Ubuntu, for the package inkscape. No fixed version has been recorded for this distribution yet.

How this vulnerability can be exploited

This issue can be reached with local access to the system, attack complexity is low, an attacker needs no privileges on the target. A user must be tricked into taking some action. The scope is unchanged, so the impact stays within the vulnerable component. Rated impact: confidentiality high, integrity high, availability high.

Affected software

UBUNTU-CVE-2021-42704 is recorded against 1 package.

inkscape

Timeline and source

Published on 18 May 2022 and last revised on 24 October 2025. No public exploit is currently recorded for this entry. Record sourced from OSV.

References

ubuntu.com (Report)
www.cisa.gov (Report)
www.cve.org (Report)

CVE-2021-42704 on other distributions

Each distribution ships its own build and its own fixed version. Pick the one you run:

Debian

Details

Severity Unknown

CVSS Score N/A

CVSS Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

CWE N/A

Public Exploit ✅ No

Source OSV

Published 2022-05-18

Updated 2026-06-08

Modified 2025-10-24

Fix URL N/A

Affected Packages

Software	From version	Fixed in
inkscape	—	—

References

REPORT https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2021-42704

REPORT https://www.cisa.gov/uscert/ics/advisories/icsa-22-132-03

REPORT https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2021-42704

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