{"id":"CVE-2016-8685","details":"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.","modified":"2026-04-16T06:17:34.985737313Z","published":"2017-01-31T22:59:00.423Z","related":["openSUSE-SU-2024:11189-1"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/08/17"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/9"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93470"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/08/29/potrace-invalid-memory-access-in-findnext-decompose-c/"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"1.12"}]}],"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-8685.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"}]}