CVE-2016-8685

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, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more)
References	DLA-889-1
NVD severity	medium (attack range: remote)
Debian Bugs	843861

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
potrace (PTS)	jessie	1.12-1+deb8u1	vulnerable
	stretch	1.13-3	fixed
	buster, sid	1.15-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
potrace	source	(unstable)	1.13-3	medium		843861
potrace	source	wheezy	1.10-1+deb7u2	medium	DLA-889-1

[jessie] - potrace <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/08/29/potrace-invalid-memory-access-in-findnext-decompose-c/