What is CVE-2017-9160?

CVE-2017-9160 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-2017-9160?

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

Is CVE-2017-9160 known to be exploited?

2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

Buffer overflow in Autotrace Project

CVE-2017-9160

libautotrace.a in AutoTrace 0.31.1 has a stack-based buffer overflow in the pnmscanner_gettoken function in input-pnm.c:458:12.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-05-23 · last modified 2026-06-17.

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.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.018 (77.3th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 77th percentile — 77.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.018 · newest: 0.018 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Autotrace Project — versions 0.31.1

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2017/05/20/autotrace-multiple-vulnerabilities-the-autotrac… (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-9160?: CVE-2017-9160 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-2017-9160?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-9160 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.