Out-of-bounds read in potrace - CVE-2017-12067
Published: August 1, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU38619
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-12067
CWE-ID: CWE-125
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: potrace.sourceforge.net
Affected software:
potrace
potrace
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to heap-based buffer over-read in the interpolate_cubic function in mkbitmap.c. A remote attacker can perform a denial of service attack.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-12067
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.