CVE-2008-0069

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 8.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-04-02 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in XnView 1.92 and 1.92.1 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long FontName parameter in a slideshow (.sld) file, a different vector than CVE-2008-1461.

Affected products

Pierreegougelet Xnview: through 1.92; through 1.92.1

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/29620
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-6/advisory/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28579
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1044/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41542
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5346
http://secunia.com/advisories/29620
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-6/advisory/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28579
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1044/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41542
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5346

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