| Name | CVE-2017-12067 |
| Description | Potrace 1.14 has a heap-based buffer over-read in the interpolate_cubic function in mkbitmap.c. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 870356 |
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 | vulnerable |
| 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.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| potrace | source | (unstable) | 1.15-1 | unimportant | | 870356 |
Notes
https://github.com/hackerlib/hackerlib-vul/tree/master/potrace/heap-buffer-overflow-mkbitmap
Upstream bug report https://sourceforge.net/p/potrace/bugs/22/
Crash only in CLI tool mkbitmap, negligible security impact