CVE-2017-9182
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedlibautotrace.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.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceA use-after-free vulnerability exists in the GET_COLOR function in color.c of libautotrace.a (version 0.31.1). The vulnerability allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by triggering invalid heap reads through freed memory, likely due to improper memory lifecycle management in the color handling code.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 0.31.1CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges
- None
- User interaction
- None
- Scope
- Unchanged
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify autotrace installationRun 'autotrace --version' or check for autotrace binaries in standard paths like /usr/bin/autotraceAffected if autotrace is not installed or not found on the system
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Check autotrace versionExecute 'autotrace --version' and examine the output to identify the exact version numberAffected if The installed version is exactly 0.31.1
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Locate libautotrace.a librarySearch for libautotrace.a in standard library directories (e.g., /usr/lib/, /usr/local/lib/) or within the application's deploymentAffected if libautotrace.a version 0.31.1 is present and linked to any application processing image files
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Identify color.c usageInspect any custom or bundled color.c source files that may be compiled into libautotrace.a; check build configurations for references to GET_COLOR functionAffected if The color.c source from autotrace 0.31.1 containing the GET_COLOR function is in use
The environment is affected only if autotrace version 0.31.1 is installed and actively using the vulnerable libautotrace.a library with its color handling code.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataUpdate or patch AutoTrace to a version where the memory management in GET_COLOR has been corrected; alternatively, rebuild libautotrace.a with fixes ensuring proper allocation and deallocation sequencing to prevent access to freed memory.
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- Implementation8.0 h
- Testing8.0 h
- Review / QA4.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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