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.

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

EPSS: 0.017 (75.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

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.

Affected products

Xnview — versions before 2.13

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Not Applicable, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com (Vendor Advisory, Permissions Required, x_refsource_CONFIRM)

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.