Name | CVE-2016-8685 |
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. |
Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
References | DLA-889-1 |
Debian Bugs | 843861 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
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potrace (PTS) | sid, trixie, bookworm, bullseye | 1.16-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[jessie] - potrace <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/08/29/potrace-invalid-memory-access-in-findnext-decompose-c/