Out-of-bounds Write Affecting autotrace package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.16% (54th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-AUTOTRACE-320158
  • published23 May 2017
  • disclosed23 May 2017

Introduced: 23 May 2017

CVE-2017-9159  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:16.04 autotrace.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream autotrace package and not the autotrace package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

libautotrace.a in AutoTrace 0.31.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (invalid write and SEGV), related to the pnm_load_rawpbm function in input-pnm.c:391:15.