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CVE-2009-4001
Integer overflow in XnView before 1.97.2 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a DICOM image with crafted dimensions,…
High9.3EPSS 4.6%
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- flexera
Description
Integer overflow in XnView before 1.97.2 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a DICOM image with crafted dimensions, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.6% · top 8.3% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (6)
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-60/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20100310 Secunia Research: XnView DICOM Parsing Integer Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- xnview-dicom-bo(56802) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 38629 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=19469 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 62829 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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