What is CVE-2023-52173?

CVE-2023-52173 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Xnview Classic, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-12-29.

How severe is CVE-2023-52173?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Xnview Classic

CVE-2023-52173

XnView Classic before 2.51.3 on Windows has a Write Access Violation at xnview.exe+0x3ADBD0.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.006 (44.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Xnview Xnview_classic
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-787 — Out-of-bounds Write

References

cve@mitre.org (Release Notes)
cve@mitre.org (Product)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-52173?: CVE-2023-52173 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Xnview Classic, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2023-12-29.
How severe is CVE-2023-52173?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.