Medium severity5.5NVD Advisory· Published Jan 31, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026
CVE-2016-8685
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.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
4- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/08/17nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/9nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/93470nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/08/29/potrace-invalid-memory-access-in-findnext-decompose-c/nvdThird Party Advisory
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