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CVE-2008-00691 exploit

Stack-based buffer overflow in XnView 1.92 and 1.92.1 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long FontName p…

Published 18 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
6.8
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
8.4%
percentile 95%
Public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Stack-based buffer overflow in XnView 1.92 and 1.92.1 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long FontName parameter in a slideshow (.sld) file, a different vector than CVE-2008-1461.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

8.36% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 95% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

  • EDB-5346 XnView 1.92.1 - 'FontName' Slideshow Buffer Overflow · local · 2008-04-02

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD2.06.8AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

  • exploit-db.com /exploits/5346 · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /advisories/29620 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
  • vupen.com /english/advisories/2008/1044/references · vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, x_transferred
  • secunia.com /secunia_research/2008-6/advisory/ · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
  • securityfocus.com /bid/28579 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
  • exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/41542 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred

Sources

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