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CVE-2017-9169

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-9169 describes a critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the libautotrace.a library within AutoTrace version 0.31.1, specifically in the ReadImage function. This flaw allows for remote code execution with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, as indicated by its CVSS v3.0 score of 9.8 (CRITICAL) due to its network-accessible attack vector and low attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

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
1.88%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
77.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0188 is in the 66th percentile among its peer group of 36,862 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-2017-9169Low

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