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
Upstream
Published
2017-01-31T22:59:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:45:56Z
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
  • Ubuntu - low
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:16.04:LTS / potrace

Package

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

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1.13-2",
            "binary_name": "libpotrace-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.13-2",
            "binary_name": "libpotrace0"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1.13-2",
            "binary_name": "potrace"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

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