Rapid7 Vulnerability & Exploit Database

XnSoft XnView: CVE-2012-0276: .tiff image processing heap buffer overflow

Free InsightVM Trial No credit card necessary
Watch Demo See how it all works
Back to Search

XnSoft XnView: CVE-2012-0276: .tiff image processing heap buffer overflow

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/17/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/21/2017
Modified
05/09/2019

Description

Multiple heap-based buffer overflows in XnView before 1.99 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a (1) SGI32LogLum compressed TIFF image or (2) SGI32LogLum compressed TIFF image with the PhotometricInterpretation encoding set to LogL.

Solution(s)

  • xnsoft-xnview-upgrade-1_99

With Rapid7 live dashboards, I have a clear view of all the assets on my network, which ones can be exploited, and what I need to do in order to reduce the risk in my environment in real-time. No other tool gives us that kind of value and insight.

– Scott Cheney, Manager of Information Security, Sierra View Medical Center

;