Back
CVE-2012-0277
Heap-based buffer overflow in XnView before 1.99 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly…
Medium6.8EPSS 8.0%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- flexera
Description
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 PCT image.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 8.0% · top 5.2% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
Loading the EPSS history…
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (4)
- 19336 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- http://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=25858 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 48666 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- http://www.protekresearchlab.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=50 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- 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)
Record last updated .