What is CVE-2017-9151?

CVE-2017-9151 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Autotrace Project, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-05-23.

How severe is CVE-2017-9151?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Autotrace Project

CVE-2017-9151

libautotrace.a in AutoTrace 0.31.1 has a heap-based buffer overflow in the pnm_load_ascii function in input-pnm.c:303:12.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.020 (78.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Autotrace_project Autotrace — versions 0.31.1
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

cve@mitre.org (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-9151?: CVE-2017-9151 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Autotrace Project, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2017-05-23.
How severe is CVE-2017-9151?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.