What is CVE-2018-15176?

CVE-2018-15176 is a high-severity vulnerability in Xnview, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-08-08.

How severe is CVE-2018-15176?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Xnview

CVE-2018-15176

XnView 2.45 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (User Mode Write AV starting at MSVCR120!memcpy+0x0000000000000074 and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted RLE file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.010 (58.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Xnview — versions 2.45
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-15176?: CVE-2018-15176 is a high-severity vulnerability in Xnview, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-08-08.
How severe is CVE-2018-15176?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.