Out-of-bounds Read Affecting potrace package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (41st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-POTRACE-337896
  • published1 Aug 2017
  • disclosed1 Aug 2017

Introduced: 1 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-12067  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:16.04 potrace.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream potrace package and not the potrace package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

Potrace 1.14 has a heap-based buffer over-read in the interpolate_cubic function in mkbitmap.c.