CVE-2012-0276

medium
Published 2012-07-17 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8

Description

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in XnView before 1.99 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a (1) SGI32LogLum compressed TIFF image or (2) SGI32LogLum compressed TIFF image with the PhotometricInterpretation encoding set to LogL.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com — http://secunia.com/advisories/48666

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
xnviewxnview{"endIncluding":"1.98.8"}

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.