CVE-2016-7392 Memory corruption in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via a crafted BMP image due to a heap-based buffer overflow in AutoTrace.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-7392?
CVE-2016-7392 is a medium-severity memory corruption vulnerability in Autotrace Project Autotrace, published on 15 Feb 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the pstoedit_suffix_table_init function in output-pstoedit.c in AutoTrace 0.31.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted bmp image file.
Weakness: CWE-787
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-7392?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Autotrace Project Autotrace.
How do I fix CVE-2016-7392?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.
Is CVE-2016-7392 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-7392 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Autotrace Project Autotrace
Sources
Also known as DLA-621-1, GHSA-wqjm-gjhr-8f6f, MGASA-2016-0327, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-7392.