Vulnerability CVE-2016-8685

Vulnerability Name:

CVE-2016-8685 (CCN-122103)

Assigned:

2016-10-15

Published:

2017-01-31

Updated:

2017-02-05

Summary:

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.

CVSS v3 Severity:

5.5 Medium (CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H)
4.9 Medium (Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Local Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): High

4.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L)
3.8 Low (CCN Temporal CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:U/RC:R)

Exploitability Metrics:	Attack Vector (AV): Network Attack Complexity (AC): Low Privileges Required (PR): None User Interaction (UI): Required
Scope:	Scope (S): Unchanged
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Low

CVSS v2 Severity:

4.3 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Medium Authentication (Au): None
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Partial

4.0 Medium (CCN CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Exploitability Metrics:	Access Vector (AV): Network Access Complexity (AC): Low Athentication (Au): Single_Instance
Impact Metrics:	Confidentiality (C): None Integrity (I): None Availibility (A): Partial

Vulnerability Type:

CWE-119

Vulnerability Consequences:

Denial of Service

References:

Source: MITRE
Type: CNA
CVE-2016-8685

Source: CCN
Type: Potrace Web site
Peter Selinger: Potrace

Source: CCN
Type: oss-sec Mailing List, Sat, 08 Oct 2016 22:29:54 +0200
potrace: invalid memory access in findnext (decompose.c)

Source: MLIST
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[oss-security] 20161008 potrace: invalid memory access in findnext (decompose.c)

Source: MLIST
Type: Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[oss-security] 20161015 Re: potrace: invalid memory access in findnext (decompose.c)

Source: BID
Type: Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
93470

Source: CCN
Type: BID-93470
Potrace 'decompose.c' Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Source: MISC
Type: Third Party Advisory
https://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/08/29/potrace-invalid-memory-access-in-findnext-decompose-c/

Source: XF
Type: UNKNOWN
potrace-cve20168685-dos(122103)

Source: CCN
Type: WhiteSource Vulnerability Database
CVE-2016-8685

Vulnerable Configuration:

Configuration 1:

cpe:/a:potrace_project:potrace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (Version <= 1.12)

Configuration CCN 1:

cpe:/a:potrace_project:potrace:1.13:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Denotes that component is vulnerable

Oval Definitions

Definition ID	Class	Title	Last Modified
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:795	P	Security update for slurm_20_02 (Important)	2022-10-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:20168685	V	CVE-2016-8685	2022-09-02
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:684	P	Security update for java-11-openjdk (Important)	2022-08-09
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:3579	P	libblkid1-2.33.2-2.13 on GA media (Moderate)	2022-06-28
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:95209	P	libpotrace0-1.16-150400.1.5 on GA media (Moderate)	2022-06-22
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1376	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Live Patch 1 for SLE 15 SP3) (Important)	2022-06-06
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1719	P	Security update for php7 (Low)	2022-05-20
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:112782	P	libpotrace0-1.16-1.9 on GA media (Moderate)	2022-01-17
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:106253	P	Security update for java-11-openjdk (Important)	2021-11-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1487	P	Security update for ffmpeg (Moderate)	2021-10-26
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1131	P	Security update for go1.16 (Moderate)	2021-10-20
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:64582	P	Security update for postgresql12 (Moderate)	2021-09-29
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:71169	P	dhcp-4.3.5-4.15 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-09-21
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:71282	P	libncurses6-32bit-6.1-5.3.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-09-21
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47645	P	ibus-chewing-1.4.14-4.11 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47206	P	apache2-mod_nss-1.0.14-18.3 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48266	P	perl-HTML-Parser-3.71-1.145 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47869	P	python-pywbem-0.7.0-4.3 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47341	P	libevent-2_0-5-2.0.21-4.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48231	P	libykcs11-1-1.5.0-3.16 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47666	P	libMagickCore-6_Q16-1-6.8.8.1-71.85.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47317	P	libXinerama1-1.1.3-3.54 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47906	P	tpm2.0-tools-3.1.1-1.16 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47452	P	openssh-7.2p2-69.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47205	P	apache2-mod_jk-1.2.40-5.2 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48204	P	libtasn1-4.9-3.10.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47777	P	libraptor2-0-2.0.10-3.63 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47220	P	cifs-utils-6.5-8.9 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48331	P	unrar-5.0.14-3.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48017	P	ghostscript-9.27-23.28.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47534	P	xlockmore-5.43-5.30 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47316	P	libXi6-1.7.4-17.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48315	P	supportutils-3.0.3-95.27.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47758	P	libospf0-1.1.1-17.7.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:47331	P	libarchive13-3.1.2-25.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48120	P	libgssglue1-0.4-3.76 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-16
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:100788	P	autoyast2-4.3.77-1.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-09
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:72527	P	libpotrace0-1.15-3.19 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-09
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1248	P	tboot-20170711_1.9.8-15.9.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-09
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:62808	P	libpotrace0-1.15-3.19 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-09
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:101214	P	libpotrace0-1.15-3.19 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-09
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1020	P	krb5-1.16.3-3.15.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-08-09
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48544	P	libqt4-4.8.6-7.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48362	P	accountsservice-0.6.42-14.2 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48377	P	bash-4.3-78.39 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48473	P	libXt6-1.1.4-3.57 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48433	P	gnutls-3.2.15-11.1 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:48442	P	gzip-1.6-7.209 on GA media (Moderate)	2021-06-08
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:1604	P	Security update for graphviz (Critical)	2021-05-19
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:64495	P	Security update for the Linux Kernel (Important)	2021-05-12
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:66755	P	Security update for giflib (Low)	2021-04-28
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:70006	P	Security update for glib2 (Important)	2021-03-19
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:49461	P	Security update for nodejs12 (Important)	2021-02-26
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:73446	P	Security update for sudo (Important)	2021-01-26
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:94075	P	libpotrace0-1.15-3.19 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:72412	P	libpotrace0-1.15-3.19 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:107454	P	libpotrace0-1.15-3.19 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:62693	P	libpotrace0-1.15-3.19 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:117012	P	libpotrace0-1.15-3.19 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:72184	P	libpotrace0-1.15-3.19 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:62465	P	libpotrace0-1.15-3.19 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:89926	P	libpotrace0-1.15-3.19 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:72295	P	libpotrace0-1.15-3.19 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:103581	P	libpotrace0-1.15-3.19 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:62576	P	libpotrace0-1.15-3.19 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-03
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:49518	P	gnome-online-accounts-devel on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:67829	P	unzip on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:49635	P	gstreamer-plugins-bad on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:49572	P	libpotrace0 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:73328	P	tar on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:67929	P	libpotrace0 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:49407	P	gnome-keyring on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:49689	P	libpotrace0 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:66663	P	zoo on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:org.opensuse.security:def:70111	P	libpotrace0 on GA media (Moderate)	2020-12-01
oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:201686850000000	V	CVE-2016-8685 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - low.	2017-01-31
oval:com.ubuntu.artful:def:20168685000	V	CVE-2016-8685 on Ubuntu 17.10 (artful) - low.	2017-01-31
oval:com.ubuntu.trusty:def:20168685000	V	CVE-2016-8685 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (trusty) - low.	2017-01-31
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:201686850000000	V	CVE-2016-8685 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - low.	2017-01-31
oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20168685000	V	CVE-2016-8685 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - low.	2017-01-31
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:20168685000	V	CVE-2016-8685 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.	2017-01-31
oval:com.ubuntu.xenial:def:201686850000000	V	CVE-2016-8685 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (xenial) - low.	2017-01-31
oval:com.ubuntu.cosmic:def:20168685000	V	CVE-2016-8685 on Ubuntu 18.10 (cosmic) - low.	2017-01-31
oval:com.ubuntu.precise:def:20168685000	V	CVE-2016-8685 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS (precise) - medium.	2017-01-31

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