UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8685

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8685

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8685.json

JSON Data

https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8685

Related

CVE-2016-8685

Published

2017-01-31T22:59:00Z

Modified

2025-01-13T10:21:16Z

Severity

5.5 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator

Summary

[none]

Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / potrace

Package

Name: potrace
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/potrace@1.13-2?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.12-1

1.13-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "low"
}