vulnerability
Ubuntu: (CVE-2016-8685): potrace vulnerability
| Severity | CVSS | Published | Added | Modified |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P) | Jan 31, 2017 | Nov 19, 2024 | Aug 18, 2025 |
Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
Jan 31, 2017
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Aug 18, 2025
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
ubuntu-upgrade-potrace
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