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CVE-2017-8781

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-07-05 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

XnView Classic for Windows Version 2.40 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute code via a crafted JPEG 2000 file that is mishandled during the opening of a directory in "Browser" mode, because of a "Stack Buffer Overrun" issue.

Affected products

• XnView: 2.40

References

• https://github.com/wlinzi/security_advisories/tree/master/CVE-2017-8781
• https://github.com/wlinzi/security_advisories/tree/master/CVE-2017-8781

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