CVE-2017-15802

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions XnView Classic for Windows version 2.43

Description The issue allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .dll file that is mishandled during an attempt to render the DLL icon. This is related to "Data from Faulting Address controls Branch Selection starting at ntdll 77310000!LdrpResCompareResourceNames+0x0000000000000087."

Recommendations For XnView Classic for Windows version 2.43, consider avoiding the use of crafted .dll files until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict the rendering of DLL icons to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.