ubuntu-cve-2016-8696
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2017-01-31 22:59
Modified
2025-07-16 04:51
Summary
Details

The bm_readbody_bmp function in bitmap_io.c in potrace before 1.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a crafted BMP image, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-8694 and CVE-2016-8695.

Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
low
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libpotrace-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.13-2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libpotrace0",
            "binary_version": "1.13-2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libpotrace0-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.13-2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "potrace",
            "binary_version": "1.13-2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "potrace-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.13-2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "potrace",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/potrace@1.13-2?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.13-2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1.12-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libpotrace-dev",
            "binary_version": "1.14-2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libpotrace0",
            "binary_version": "1.14-2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libpotrace0-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.14-2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "potrace",
            "binary_version": "1.14-2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "potrace-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "1.14-2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:18.04:LTS",
        "name": "potrace",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/potrace@1.14-2?arch=source\u0026distro=bionic"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "1.14-2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": []
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "The bm_readbody_bmp function in bitmap_io.c in potrace before 1.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a crafted BMP image, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-8694 and CVE-2016-8695.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8696",
  "modified": "2025-07-16T04:51:31Z",
  "published": "2017-01-31T22:59:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8696"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/08/08/potrace-multiple-three-null-pointer-dereference-in-bm_readbody_bmp-bitmap_io-c/"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8696"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "low",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2016-8696"
  ],
  "withdrawn": "2025-07-18T16:43:39Z"
}



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