What is CVE-2017-12067?

CVE-2017-12067 is a high-severity vulnerability in Potrace Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-08-01.

How severe is CVE-2017-12067?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Potrace Project

CVE-2017-12067

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

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-08-01 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (63.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 64th percentile — 63.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Potrace Project — versions 1.14

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

github.com/hackerlib/hackerlib-vul/tree/master/potrace/heap-buffer-overflow-mkb… (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-12067?: CVE-2017-12067 is a high-severity vulnerability in Potrace Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2017-08-01.
How severe is CVE-2017-12067?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.