What is CVE-2017-9167?

CVE-2017-9167 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-2017-9167?

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

Is CVE-2017-9167 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-2017-9167

libautotrace.a in AutoTrace 0.31.1 has a heap-based buffer overflow in the ReadImage function in input-bmp.c:337:25.

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: 0.019 (78.6th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 79th percentile — 78.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.019 · newest: 0.019 · 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-2017-9167?: CVE-2017-9167 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-2017-9167?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-9167 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.