| Name | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-889-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 843861 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| potrace (PTS) | jessie | 1.12-1+deb8u1 | vulnerable |
| stretch | 1.13-3 | fixed |
| buster | 1.15-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie, bullseye, bookworm | 1.16-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[jessie] - potrace <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/08/29/potrace-invalid-memory-access-in-findnext-decompose-c/