VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2012-0282

Heap-based buffer overflow in XnView before 1.99 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted ImageLeftPosition value in an ImageDescriptor structure in a GIF image.

EXPLOIT ✓MEDIUM 6.8EPSS 7.45%

Does this matter?

A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 7.4%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.

Description

CVSS 2.0: 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS: 7.45% probability · 94th percentile
Public exploits: 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 22 June 2012
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-119
Affected: xnview/xnview
Source: PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com

EPSS trend

EPSS 7.4% 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 (1)

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.

EDB-ID	Title	Type	Published	Verified
EDB-19335 source ↗	XnView 1.98.8 - '.gif' Image Processing Heap Overflowwindows · Francis Provencher	dos	22 June 2012	yes

References

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.