CVE-2016-7392
Heap-based buffer overflow in the pstoedit_suffix_table_init function in output-pstoedit.c in AutoTrace 0.31.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted
02 Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the pstoedit_suffix_table_init function in output-pstoedit.c in AutoTrace 0.31.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds write) via a crafted
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.90% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 79.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 5.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2017-02-15 21:00Z9 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 01:57Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-09-09
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-787Out-of-bounds WriteBase
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 2d7e44e4bbe7850adaeae47a249bce65d63908a109085a41d3d255b1464561f5
05 Affected products
06 References
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201708-09https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201708-09
- blogs.gentoo.orghttps://blogs.gentoo.org/ago/2016/09/10/autotrace-heap-based-buffer-overflow-in-pstoedit_suffix_table_init-output-pstoedit-c/
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160910 Re: autotrace: out-of-bounds writehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/10/3
- www.securityfocus.com92907http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92907
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1375255
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20160913 Re: autotrace: out-of-bounds writehttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/09/12/7
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- autotrace Fixed in 0.31.1-16+deb7u1build0.14.04.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
- autotrace Fixed in 0.31.1-16+nmu1.2ubuntu0.1
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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