PT-2017-11500 · Xnview · Xnview Classic

Published 2017-07-05 · Updated 2017-07-10 · CVE-2017-10779

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions XnView Classic for Windows version 2.40

Description The issue might allow attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .rle file, related to "Data from Faulting Address controls Branch Selection starting at xnview+0x0000000000013a20."

Recommendations For XnView Classic for Windows version 2.40, consider avoiding the use of .rle files until a patch or fix is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict the opening of .rle files in XnView Classic for Windows to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-10779

Affected Products

Xnview Classic

References · 3

• 🔥❌ https://github.com/wlinzi/security_advisories/tree/master/CVE-2017-10779 · Exploit, Deleted
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-10779 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-10779 · Vendor Advisory