CVE-2023-50251 MEDIUM

CVE-2023-50251: php-svg-lib possible DoS caused by infinite recursion when parsing SVG document

Vendor Dompdf
Product php-svg-lib
Weakness CWE-674
Published December 12, 2023
Last update May 22, 2025

CVSS base score

5.3/10
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Confidentiality None
Integrity None

CVSS vector

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

What the vulnerability does

01Description

php-svg-lib is an SVG file parsing / rendering library. Prior to version 0.5.1, when parsing the attributes passed to a `use` tag inside an svg document, an attacker can cause the system to go to an infinite recursion. Depending on the system configuration and attack pattern this could exhaust the memory available to the executing process and/or to the server itself. An attacker sending multiple request to a system to render the above payload can potentially cause resource exhaustion to the point that the system is unable to handle incoming request. Version 0.5.1 contains a patch for this issue.

Key dates

02Disclosure timeline

December 12, 2023 CVE published
May 22, 2025 Record updated