What is CVE-2020-23887?

CVE-2020-23887 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Xnview Mp, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2021-11-10.

How severe is CVE-2020-23887?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Xnview Mp

CVE-2020-23887

XnView MP v0.96.4 was discovered to contain a heap overflow which allows attackers to cause a denial of service (DoS) via a crafted ico file. Related to a Read Access Violation starting at USER32!SmartStretchDIBits+0x33.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.007 (49.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Xnview Xnview_mp
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

cve@mitre.org (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Product, x_refsource_MISC, Vendor Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-23887?: CVE-2020-23887 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Xnview Mp, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2021-11-10.
How severe is CVE-2020-23887?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.