CVE-2016-8685

Summary

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 Software

Weaknesses

• n/a

ADP Enrichment

CVE Program Container

Additional References

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

References

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

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