{"id":"UBUNTU-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":"2026-04-22T11:02:23.156326Z","published":"2017-01-31T22:59:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2016-8686"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-8686"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/08/29/potrace-memory-allocation-failure"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-8686"}],"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_version":"1.13-2","binary_name":"libpotrace0"},{"binary_version":"1.13-2","binary_name":"potrace"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-8686.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:H/I:H/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"low"}]}