{"id":"UBUNTU-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":"2025-10-24T04:45:56Z","published":"2017-01-31T22:59:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2016-8685"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8685"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/08/29/potrace-invalid-memory-access-in-findnext-decompose-c/"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8685"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"potrace","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/potrace@1.13-2?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.12-1","1.13-2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"libpotrace-dev","binary_version":"1.13-2"},{"binary_name":"libpotrace0","binary_version":"1.13-2"},{"binary_name":"potrace","binary_version":"1.13-2"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8685.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]}