FreeBSD: VID-F4EB9A25-FDE0-11E6-9AD0-B8AEED92ECC4 (CVE-2016-8685): potrace -- multiple memory failure
4
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
10/15/2016
07/25/2018
03/01/2017
05/07/2019
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.
Solution(s)
- freebsd-upgrade-package-potrace
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