CVE-2017-9166 is a critical heap-based buffer over-read vulnerability affecting libautotrace.a in AutoTrace 0.31.1, specifically within the GET_COLOR function. With a CVSS score of 9.8, it presents a severe risk, allowing unauthenticated attackers to achieve high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts over a network with low attack complexity. Despite its critical severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
0.31.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:autotrace_project:autotrace:0.31.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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