VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2016-8685
The findnext function in decompose.c in potrace 1.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory access and crash) via a crafted BMP image.
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 1.39%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.39%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The findnext function in decompose.c in potrace 1.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory access and crash) via a crafted BMP image.
- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.39% probability · 71th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- potrace project/potrace
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/08/17Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/9Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93470Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/08/29/potrace-invalid-memory-access-in-findnext-decompose-c/Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/08/17Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/9Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93470Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/08/29/potrace-invalid-memory-access-in-findnext-decompose-c/Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.