CVE-2015-0250: Apache Batik

Medium severity, CVSS 6.4. EPSS: 16.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

XML external entity (XXE) vulnerability in the SVG to (1) PNG and (2) JPG conversion classes in Apache Batik 1.x before 1.8 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files or cause a denial of service via a crafted SVG file.

Affected products

• Apache Batik: up to and including 1.7
• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 12.04 only; version 14.04 only; version 14.10 only
• Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Brms Platform: up to and including 6.1.2

Published 2015-03-24. Last modified 2026-06-17.