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CVE-2017-9161

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-9161 is a critical vulnerability affecting AutoTrace 0.31.1, specifically within the libautotrace.a library, due to an integer overflow issue. This flaw, rated 9.8 CVSS (Critical), is easily exploitable over the network with low attack complexity and no user interaction, potentially leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, the vulnerability has garnered significant community discussion, indicating awareness among security researchers.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
0.31.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:autotrace_project:autotrace:0.31.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

9.8CRITICAL

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

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.93%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0193 is in the 66th percentile among its peer group of 36,835 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6Fixed in: autotrace
redhatend of lifevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7Fixed in: autotrace

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2017-9161Low

autotrace: Multiple security issues

May 20, 2017

References

blogs.gentoo.org / ago/2017/05/20/autotrace-multiple-vulnerabilities-the-autotrace-nightmare
Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry