Name: CVE-2016-8686: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Creator: Rapid7
Published: 2017-01-31T00:00:00.000Z
License: https://www.rapid7.com/legal/website-terms-of-use/
Keywords: CVE, CVE-2016-8686, CWE-119, CVSS 7.8, EPSS 0.00338

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.

CVSS Details

CVSS 3.0 Base Score: 7.8
CVSS 3.0 Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Covered by Rapid7

Product	Vendor Advisory	Solution File	Added	Published
Debian	—	Upgrade potrace	Jul 30, 2024	Jan 31, 2017
Freebsd	—	Upgrade potrace	Mar 1, 2017	Feb 28, 2017
Suse	—	Upgrade libpotrace0	Mar 10, 2017	Jan 31, 2017
Ubuntu	—	No solution exists	Jun 26, 2025	Jan 31, 2017

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CVSS Details

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