What is CVE-2017-7263?

CVE-2017-7263 is a high-severity vulnerability in Potrace Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-03-26.

How severe is CVE-2017-7263?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Potrace Project

CVE-2017-7263

The bm_readbody_bmp function in bitmap_io.c in Potrace 1.14 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted BMP image. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2016-8698.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.016 (72.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Potrace_project Potrace — versions 1.14
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-7263?: CVE-2017-7263 is a high-severity vulnerability in Potrace Project, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-03-26.
How severe is CVE-2017-7263?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.