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CVE-2017-12067

Published: 1 August 2017

Potrace 1.14 has a heap-based buffer over-read in the interpolate_cubic function in mkbitmap.c.

Notes

AuthorNote
tyhicks
inkscape embeds libpotrace in Yakkety and earlier (LP: #1156664)
mdeslaur
potrace in inkscape works on bitmaps already loaded, not
arbitrary images. Marking as not-affected for inkscape.

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

7.5

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
inkscape
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Not vulnerable
(code not present)
bionic Not vulnerable
(code not present)
cosmic Not vulnerable
(code not present)
disco Not vulnerable
(code not present)
eoan Not vulnerable
(code not present)
focal Not vulnerable
(code not present)
groovy Not vulnerable
(code not present)
hirsute Not vulnerable
(code not present)
impish Not vulnerable
(code not present)
jammy Not vulnerable
(code not present)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(code not present)
lunar Not vulnerable
(code not present)
mantic Not vulnerable
(code not present)
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected [code not present])
upstream Needs triage

xenial Not vulnerable
(code not present)
zesty Not vulnerable
(code not present)
potrace
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Ignored
(end of life)
bionic Needed

cosmic Not vulnerable
(1.15-1)
disco Not vulnerable
(1.15-1)
eoan Not vulnerable
(1.15-1)
focal Not vulnerable
(1.15-1)
groovy Not vulnerable
(1.15-1)
hirsute Not vulnerable
(1.15-1)
impish Not vulnerable
(1.15-1)
jammy Not vulnerable
(1.15-1)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(1.15-1)
lunar Not vulnerable
(1.15-1)
mantic Not vulnerable
(1.15-1)
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was needed)
upstream
Released (1.15-1)
xenial Needed

zesty Ignored
(end of life)
Patches:
other: https://sourceforge.net/p/potrace/bugs/_discuss/thread/1187ac92/c0ad/attachment/potrace.diff

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 7.5
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H