CVE-2017-9182 Use after free in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via use-after-free in AutoTrace library, affecting applications processing images.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2017-9182?
CVE-2017-9182 is a high-severity use after free vulnerability in Autotrace Project Autotrace, published on 23 May 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
libautotrace.a in AutoTrace 0.31.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (use-after-free and invalid heap read), related to the GET_COLOR function in color.c:16:11.
Weakness: CWE-416
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-9182?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Autotrace Project Autotrace.
How do I fix CVE-2017-9182?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-9182 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade to the fixed version. These bugs are found with fuzzing and sanitisers and avoided by memory-safe languages. More about Use after free.
Is CVE-2017-9182 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-9182 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Autotrace Project Autotrace
Sources
Also known as GHSA-56w4-5cfw-3cq2, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9182.