CVE-2016-8685 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via a crafted BMP image due to invalid memory access in the potrace library.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-8685?
CVE-2016-8685 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 31 Jan 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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.
Weakness: CWE-119
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-8685?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Potrace Project Potrace.
How do I fix CVE-2016-8685?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2016-8685 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-8685 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-8685, DLA-889-1, GHSA-8g74-wr2p-hm55, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8685.