UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7263

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-7263

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7263.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7263

Upstream

CVE-2017-7263

Published

2017-03-26T05:59:00Z

Modified

2026-04-22T11:22:21.678132Z

Severity

7.8 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Ubuntu - low

Summary

[none]

Details

The bmreadbodybmp function in bitmap_io.c in Potrace 1.14 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted BMP image. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-8698.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / potrace

Package

Name: potrace
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/potrace@1.13-2?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.12-1

1.13-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libpotrace0",
            "binary_version": "1.13-2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "potrace",
            "binary_version": "1.13-2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-7263.json"

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / potrace