What is CVE-2013-7437?

CVE-2013-7437 is a vulnerability in Icoasoft Potrace, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. Published 2015-03-29.

Is CVE-2013-7437 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Integer overflow in Icoasoft Potrace

CVE-2013-7437

Multiple integer overflows in potrace 1.11 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via large dimensions in a BMP image, which triggers a buffer overflow.

Vulnerability class: Integer Overflow

Published 2015-03-29 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.033 (88.0th percentile), scored 2026-09-30.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 88th percentile — 88.0% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.033 · newest: 0.033 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Icoasoft Potrace — versions 1.11

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-190 — Integer Overflow or Wraparound

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-11/msg00034.html (vendor-advisory, Broken Link)
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/06/12 (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2013-7437?: CVE-2013-7437 is a vulnerability in Icoasoft Potrace, classified under Integer Overflow or Wraparound. Published 2015-03-29.
Is CVE-2013-7437 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.