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CVE-2016-8685

Date: January 31, 2017

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.

Severity Score

5.5

Related Resources (8)

Url: https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-8685

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/08/17

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8685

Url: https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/08/29/potrace-invalid-memory-access-in-findnext-decompose-c/

Url: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8685

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93470

Url: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/9

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-8685

Severity Score

5.5

Weakness Type (CWE)

Buffer Errors

CWE-119

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	5.5
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	REQUIRED
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:	4.3
Access Vector (AV):	NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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