CVE-2016-8685

5.5 mediumEPSS 1.4%

Medium (5.5) in potrace project potrace. EPSS 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

5.5 medium

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

EPSS: 1.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 72% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-119
Published: 2017-01-31
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

potrace_project:potrace

References

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

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