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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-2013-2577

Buffer overflow in XnView before 2.04 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PCT file.

EXPLOIT ✓HIGH 9.3EPSS 11.8%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 11.8%, higher than 96% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

Buffer overflow in XnView before 2.04 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PCT file.

CVSS 2.0
9.3 HIGHAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
11.80% probability · 96th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 23 July 2013
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-119
Affected
xnview/xnview
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%8%15%4 November 2026: 11.80%4 November 20264 November 2026

EPSS 11.8% since 4 November 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-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-27049source ↗XnView 2.03 - '.pct' Buffer Overflowwindows · Core Securitydos23 July 2013yes

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