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CVE-2017-9170

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CVE-2017-9170 describes a critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the ReadImage function of libautotrace.a within AutoTrace version 0.31.1. This flaw, rated 9.8 CVSS (Critical), allows unauthenticated attackers to achieve high impact to confidentiality, integrity, and availability over a network with low attack complexity. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code, or significant community discussion or media coverage.

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
2.12%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
79.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-26
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0212 is in the 69th 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-2017-9170Low

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