CVE-2008-2427

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 16.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2008-06-24 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in NConvert 4.92, GFL SDK 2.82, and XnView 1.93.6 on Windows and 1.70 on Linux and FreeBSD allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted format keyword in a Sun TAAC file.

Affected products

Pagesperso-Orange Gfl Sdk: 2.82
Pagesperso-Orange Nconvert: 4.92
Pagesperso-Orange Xnview: 1.93.6, 1.70

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/30416
http://secunia.com/advisories/30789
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-24/advisory/
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3956
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020340
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/493505/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29851
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1896
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1897
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5951
http://secunia.com/advisories/30416
http://secunia.com/advisories/30789

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