Use-after-free in autotrace - CVE-2017-9182
Published: August 6, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU95415
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 7.5 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-9182
CWE-ID: CWE-416
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise vulnerable system.
The vulnerability exists due to a use-after-free error within the GET_COLOR() function in color.c. A remote attacker can trick the victim to pass a specially crafted image to the application, trigger a use-after-free error and execute arbitrary code on the system.
Affected software
autotrace
Amazon Linux AMI
autotrace
Amazon Linux AMI
autotrace
How to mitigate CVE-2017-9182
Install updates from vendor's website.
autotrace - update to 0.31.9
autotrace - update to 0.31.1-62
autotrace - update to 0.31.1-62