PT-2020-7469 · Xnview · Xnview

Published 2020-01-02 · Updated 2020-01-08 · CVE-2013-3937

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: XnView versions prior to 2.13

Description: The issue is related to a heap-based buffer overflow in the xnview.exe component of XnView. This occurs when processing the biBitCount field in a BMP file, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Recommendations: For versions prior to 2.13, update to version 2.13 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of BMP files with potentially malicious biBitCount fields until the update is applied.

Fix

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-3937

Affected Products

Xnview

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-3937 · Security Note
• http://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=29087 · Vendor Advisory
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/8966 · Telegram Post
• http://secunia.com/advisories/52101 · Note