What is CVE-2017-9173?

CVE-2017-9173 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Autotrace_project Autotrace, 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-2017-9173?

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

Is CVE-2017-9173 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 Autotrace

CVE-2017-9173

libautotrace.a in AutoTrace 0.31.1 has a heap-based buffer overflow in the ReadImage function in input-bmp.c:497:29.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.019 (76.8th 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

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-9173?: CVE-2017-9173 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Autotrace_project Autotrace, 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-2017-9173?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
Is CVE-2017-9173 known to be exploited?: 2 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.