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CVE-2016-8686 low priority: Debian including 1 source packages (potrace), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.
The bm_new function in bitmap.h in potrace 1.13 allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via a crafted image, which triggers a memory allocation failure.