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Medium

CVE-2016-8685

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.

VectorLOCAL

PublishedJan 31, 2017, 22:59

Published Bycve@mitre.org

Base Score

Score5.5

Affected Versions

No affected versions found.

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/08/17
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/9
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93470
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/08/29/potrace-invalid-memory-access-in-findnext-decompose-c/

Weakness Type

CWE-119

CVSS Metrics

Base Score

5.5

Vector String

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Base SeverityMedium

Version

3.0

Attack Vector (AV)

LOCAL