| Name | CVE-2016-8686 |
| Description | The bm_new function in bitmap.h in potrace 1.13 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted image, which triggers a memory allocation failure. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 850595 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| potrace (PTS) | buster | 1.15-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie, bookworm, bullseye | 1.16-2 | 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) | 1.14-1 | low | | 850595 |
Notes
[stretch] - potrace <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[jessie] - potrace <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[wheezy] - potrace <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/08/29/potrace-memory-allocation-failure
http://potrace.sourceforge.net/ChangeLog claims that it's fixed in 1.14
but see https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts/2017/05/msg00032.html