CVE-2016-8697

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

1.38% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Equal to or higher than the score of 71.7% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.

NVD CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.

Red Hat severity

No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2017-01-31 22:00Z9 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 02:27Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2016-10-15

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-369Divide By ZeroBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

2b7c03290d82a1d355951c64a579d34eee819ab2f7a04d825fc929e401f7eaee

• www.securityfocus.com93778http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93778vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20161015 Re: potrace: multiple crasheshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/16/12mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160818 potrace: multiple crasheshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/18/11mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• blogs.gentoo.orghttps://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/08/08/potrace-divide-by-zero-in-bm_new-bitmap-h/x_refsource_MISC