Ubuntu.comUB:CVE-2016-8685CVE-2016-8685
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
72.7%
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.
Notes
| Author | Note |
|---|---|
| tyhicks | inkscape in xenial and earlier embeds libpotrace (LP: #1156664) Sourceforge link returns a 404. See Debian updates for the fix. |
| mdeslaur | potrace in inkscape works on bitmaps already loaded, not arbitrary images. Marking as not-affected for inkscape. |
Related
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS3
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS
Percentile
72.7%