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GSD-2016-8685

Vulnerability from gsd - Updated: 2023-12-13 01:21
Details
The findnext function in decompose.c in potrace 1.13 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid memory access and crash) via a crafted BMP image.
Aliases
Aliases

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