PT-2017-14234 · Xnview · Xnview Classic

Published 2017-10-22 · Updated 2017-10-24 · CVE-2017-15802

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions XnView Classic for Windows version 2.43

Description The issue allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .dll file that is mishandled during an attempt to render the DLL icon. This is related to "Data from Faulting Address controls Branch Selection starting at ntdll 77310000!LdrpResCompareResourceNames+0x0000000000000087."

Recommendations For XnView Classic for Windows version 2.43, consider avoiding the use of crafted .dll files until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict the rendering of DLL icons to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Exploit

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-15802

Affected Products

Xnview Classic

References · 3

• 🔥❌ https://github.com/wlinzi/security_advisories/tree/master/CVE-2017-15802 · Exploit, Deleted
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-15802 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15802 · Security Note