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CVE-2012-4988
Heap-based buffer overflow in the xjpegls.dll (aka JLS, JPEG-LS, or JPEG lossless) format plugin in XnView 1.99 and 1.99.1 allows remote…
High9.3EPSS 9.9%
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- mitre
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in the xjpegls.dll (aka JLS, JPEG-LS, or JPEG lossless) format plugin in XnView 1.99 and 1.99.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted JLS image file.
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)
- 9.9% · top 4.4% of all CVEs (2 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
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- 20121003 XnView JLS File Decompression Heap Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- http://www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/xnview-jls-heap.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 21741 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 50825 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- xnview-jpegls-bo(79030) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 85893 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 55787 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_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 .