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UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12067
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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12067
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12067.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12067
Upstream
CVE-2017-12067
Published
2017-08-01T05:29:00Z
Modified
2025-07-18T16:44:05Z
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details
Potrace 1.14 has a heap-based buffer over-read in the interpolate_cubic function in mkbitmap.c.
References
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12067
https://github.com/hackerlib/hackerlib-vul/tree/master/potrace/heap-buffer-overflow-mkbitmap
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12067
Affected packages
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS
/
potrace
Package
Name
potrace
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/potrace@1.13-2?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/xenial
Affected ranges
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0
Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Affected versions
1.*
1.12-1
1.13-2
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS
/
potrace
Package
Name
potrace
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/potrace@1.14-2?arch=source&distro=esm-infra/bionic
Affected ranges
Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0
Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Affected versions
1.*
1.14-2
UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12067 - OSV