CVE-2005-4595

Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-12-31 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability (RPATH) in XnView 1.70 and NView 4.51 on Gentoo Linux allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a malicious library in the current working directory.

Affected products

gentoo Nview: 4.51
gentoo Xnview: 1.70

References

http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=117063
http://secunia.com/advisories/18235
http://secunia.com/advisories/18240
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-18.xml
http://www.osvdb.org/22093
http://www.osvdb.org/22094
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/16087
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23910
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=117063
http://secunia.com/advisories/18235
http://secunia.com/advisories/18240
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-18.xml

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