CVE-2016-8696: Potrace Project Potrace

Medium severity, CVSS 5.5. EPSS: 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The bm_readbody_bmp function in bitmap_io.c in potrace before 1.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and crash) via a crafted BMP image, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-8694 and CVE-2016-8695.

Affected products

• Potrace Project Potrace: up to and including 1.12

Published 2017-01-31. Last modified 2026-06-17.