PT-2017-9744 · Potrace+1 · Potrace+1

Agostino Sarubbo · Published 2015-10-29 · Updated 2017-02-05 · CVE-2016-8696

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions potrace versions prior to 1.13

Description The issue in the bm readbody bmp function in bitmap io.c allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer reference and crash) through a manipulated BMP image.

Recommendations For versions prior to 1.13, update to version 1.13 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of the bm readbody bmp function until a patch is available.

Fix

DoS

NULL Pointer Dereference

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-476

Related Identifiers

ALT-PU-2015-1929

CVE-2016-8696

DLA-675-1

Affected Products

Alt Linux

Potrace

References · 12

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-8696 · Vendor Advisory
• http://potrace.sourceforge.net/ChangeLog · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8696 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8696 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8696 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8696 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8696 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8696 · Vendor Advisory
• https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/08/08/potrace-multiple-three-null-pointer-dereference-in-bm_readbody_bmp-bitmap_io-c · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/18/11 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/12 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/93778 · Note