Denial of Service Vulnerability in potrace's bm_new Function

CVE-2016-8697 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

The bm_new function in bitmap.h in potrace before 1.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (divide-by-zero error and crash) via a crafted BMP image.

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