CVE-2012-0282

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 7.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2012-07-17 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in XnView before 1.99 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted ImageLeftPosition value in an ImageDescriptor structure in a GIF image.

Affected products

XnView: through 1.98.8

References

http://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=25858
http://secunia.com/advisories/48666
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19335
http://www.osvdb.org/83086
http://www.protekresearchlab.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51
http://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=25858
http://secunia.com/advisories/48666
http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19335
http://www.osvdb.org/83086
http://www.protekresearchlab.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=51

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