{"id":"CVE-2016-8686","details":"The bm_new function in bitmap.h in potrace 1.13 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted image, which triggers a memory allocation failure.","modified":"2026-03-13T22:21:47.939859Z","published":"2017-01-31T22:59:00.470Z","related":["MGASA-2017-0073"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/10"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93777"},{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/08/29/potrace-memory-allocation-failure/"}],"affected":[{"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-8686.json","unresolved_ranges":[{"events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"last_affected":"1.12"}]}]}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"}]}