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CVE-2016-8694

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2016-8694 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Potrace versions prior to 1.13. A crafted BMP image can trigger a NULL pointer dereference in the bm_readbody_bmp function, leading to a crash. This vulnerability has a CVSS v3.0 score of 5.5 (Medium), indicating it can be exploited locally with user interaction to achieve high availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.12CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:potrace_project:potrace:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

5.5MEDIUM

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
3.6
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.87%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0187 is in the 87th percentile among its peer group of 5,758 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.1 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

potrace.sourceforge.net / ChangeLog
Release NotesThird Party Advisory
blogs.gentoo.org / ago/2016/08/08/potrace-multiple-three-null-pointer-dereference-in-bm_readbody_bmp-bitmap_io-c
Third Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/08/18/11
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
openwall.com / lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/12
Mailing ListThird Party Advisory
securityfocus.com / bid/93778
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry