PT-2017-13516 · Xnview · Xnview Classic

Published 2017-09-18 · Updated 2017-09-21 · CVE-2017-14541

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 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .svg file, related to "Data from Faulting Address controls Branch Selection starting at CADImage+0x000000000001f23e."

Recommendations For XnView Classic for Windows version 2.40, consider avoiding the use of .svg files until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict the opening of .svg files in XnView Classic for Windows to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-14541

Affected Products

Xnview Classic

References · 3

• 🔥❌ https://github.com/wlinzi/security_advisories/tree/master/CVE-2017-14541 · Exploit, Deleted
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-14541 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-14541 · Security Note