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XnView DICOM Parsing Integer Overflow Vulnerability (Windows)

Information

Severity

Severity

Critical

Family

Family

Buffer overflow

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

9.3

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

13 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

This host has XnView installed and is prone to integer overflow vulnerability. Vulnerabilities Insight: The flaw is due to integer overflow when processing DICOM images with certain dimensions. This can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow by persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted DICOM image file.

Affected Software

Affected Software

XnView versions prior to 1.97.2 on windows

Solution

Solution

Update to XnView version 1.97.2

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)