Buffer overflow in Xnview
CVE-2013-3939
xnview.exe in XnView before 2.13 does not properly handle RLE strip lengths during processing of RGB files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the RLE strip size field in a RGB file, which leads to an unexpected sign extension error and a heap-based buffer overflow.
Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.017 (76.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 77th percentile — 76.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.017 · newest: 0.017 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Xnview — versions before 2.13
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secunia.com/advisories/52101 (Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php (Vendor Advisory, Permissions Required)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2013-3939?
- CVE-2013-3939 is a high-severity vulnerability in Xnview, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2020-01-02.
- How severe is CVE-2013-3939?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.