Stack-based buffer overflow in NConvert 4.92, GFL SDK 2.82, and XnView 1.93.6 on Windows and 1.70 on Linux and FreeBSD allows user-assisted…

Published 18 y ago 2008-06-24 · modified 4 mo ago 2026-06-16 · JSON

CVSS

9.3

v2.0 · NVD

CISA KEV

not known exploited

EPSS

16.1%

percentile 97%

Public exploits

Exploit-DB

Stack-based buffer overflow in NConvert 4.92, GFL SDK 2.82, and XnView 1.93.6 on Windows and 1.70 on Linux and FreeBSD allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted format keyword in a Sun TAAC file.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

16.06% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs.

Exploits and detections

EDB-5951 XnView 1.93.6 - '.taac' Local Buffer Overflow · local · 2008-06-26

CVSS scores

Assigned by	Version	Score	Vector
NVD	2.0	9.3	`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C`

Classification

Weakness

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

References

vupen.com /english/advisories/2008/1897 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, x_transferred
vupen.com /english/advisories/2008/1896 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN, x_transferred
secunia.com /advisories/30789 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
secunia.com /secunia_research/2008-24/advisory/ · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
securityfocus.com /bid/29851 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID, x_transferred
securitytracker.com /id?1020340 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
securityfocus.com /archive/1/493505/100/0/threaded · mailing-list, x_refsource_BUGTRAQ, x_transferred
securityreason.com /securityalert/3956 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SREASON, x_transferred
secunia.com /advisories/30416 · third-party-advisory, x_refsource_SECUNIA, x_transferred
exploit-db.com /exploits/5951 · exploit, x_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB, x_transferred

Sources

CVE List: CVE-2008-2427
NVD: CVE-2008-2427

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