debian · CVE-2016-8701

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Priority: not yet assigned Published: Updated: Tue, 09 Jun 2026 00:59:18 GMT

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Tracker summary

CVE-2016-8701 not yet assigned priority: Debian including 1 source packages (potrace), 5 status rows across 5 suites (bookworm, bullseye, forky, sid, trixie): resolved 5.

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-2016-8702, and CVE-2016-8703.

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