CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2016-8696

NULL Pointer Dereference

Published: Jan 31, 2017 | Modified: Feb 05, 2017
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW

The bm_readbody_bmp function in bitmap_io.c in potrace before 1.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a crafted BMP image, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-8694 and CVE-2016-8695.

Weakness

A NULL pointer dereference occurs when the application dereferences a pointer that it expects to be valid, but is NULL, typically causing a crash or exit.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Potrace Potrace_project * 1.12 (including)
Inkscape Ubuntu precise *
Inkscape Ubuntu yakkety *
Potrace Ubuntu precise *
Potrace Ubuntu trusty *
Potrace Ubuntu upstream *
Potrace Ubuntu yakkety *

Potential Mitigations

References