CVE-2012-0276
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…
Does this matter?
2 public exploits are published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 8.3%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 8.32% probability · 95th percentile
- Public exploits
- 2 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 22 June 2012
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- xnview/xnview
- Source
- PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com
EPSS 8.3% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (2)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=25858
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48666Vendor Advisory
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19337Exploit
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19338Exploit
- http://www.protekresearchlab.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=48
- http://www.protekresearchlab.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49
- http://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=25858
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48666Vendor Advisory
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19337Exploit
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19338Exploit
- http://www.protekresearchlab.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=48
- http://www.protekresearchlab.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=49
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.