CVE-2017-9189 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause a denial of service via an invalid read in the AutoTrace library, crashing the application.
- 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-2017-9189?
CVE-2017-9189 is a high-severity denial of service 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 (invalid read and application crash), related to the GET_COLOR function in color.c:16:11.
Weakness: CWE-125
Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-9189?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Autotrace Project Autotrace.
How do I fix CVE-2017-9189?
No fix has been published for CVE-2017-9189 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2017-9189 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-9189 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Autotrace Project Autotrace
Sources
Also known as GHSA-49gr-63h7-7r26, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-9189.