** Description changed:

- There's an proof-of-concept exploit published on July 8, 2008 at
+ There's an alleged proof-of-concept exploit published on July 8, 2008 at
  http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/6029 that says:
  
  "Malicious SVG file DoS
  
  The following applications were tested in their latest revisions:
  Firefox's "browse for file, preview" object on linux: affected
  evince on linux: affected
  eog on linux: affected
  gimp on linux: affected
  inkscape on linux: unaffected
  Microsoft Visio on windows: unaffected
  
  It is unknown at this time whether code execution is possible..."
  
  Unfortunately I currently lack the resources to verify the existence of
  the vulnerability.
  
  WARNING: the .zip file might harm your computer. Don't open it on your
  normal machine.
  
  A more or less safe way to test it would be to physically disconnect any
  important devices (all hard disks, network connections to any networks
  that trust your machine, etc.) and to boot from a live CD. But you
  should still know what you're doing.

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Possible SVG vulnerability affecting Firefox, evince, eog, Gimp and more
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/253804
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