CVE-2016-8702

CVSS V2 Medium 6.8 CVSS V3 High 7.8
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the bm_readbody_bmp function in bitmap_io.c in potrace before 1.13 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted BMP image, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-8698, CVE-2016-8699, CVE-2016-8700, CVE-2016-8701, and CVE-2016-8703.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-8702
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-01-31T22:59:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2017-02-05T20:16:41
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-119 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/119.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:potrace_project:potrace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.12
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • MEDIUM
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 6.8
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 8.6
  • Impact Score
  • 6.4
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • HIGH
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.8
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1.8
  • Impact Score
  • 5.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/08/08/potrace-multiplesix-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-bm_readbody_bmp-bitmap_io-c/ Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93778 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/12 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/18/11 Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://potrace.sourceforge.net/ChangeLog Release Notes Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-8702
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8702
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 09:49:35 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 13:28:18 2017-01-31T22:59Z 2017-01-31T22:59:00 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 13:28:18 2017-02-05T20:16:41 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 13:28:18 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated