PT-2012-2455

CVE-2012-0276

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Published

2012-07-17

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Updated

2012-07-18

Description by

CVSS 2.0
6.8
Medium
MetricsAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions XnView versions prior to 1.99
Description The issue is related to multiple heap-based buffer overflows that can be triggered by remote attackers using specific types of compressed TIFF images. This can lead to a denial of service, causing the application to crash, and potentially allow the execution of arbitrary code. The vulnerability can be exploited through SGI32LogLum compressed TIFF images, including those with the PhotometricInterpretation encoding set to LogL.
Recommendations For versions prior to 1.99, update to version 1.99 or later to resolve the issue.
Exploitability
Exploit
Fix
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Researchers
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Weakness enumeration
CWE-119: Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
Related identifiers
CVE-2012-0276
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