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CVE-2012-0277

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-0277 describes a heap-based buffer overflow in XnView versions prior to 1.99, specifically impacting the handling of crafted PCT image files. This vulnerability carries a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating a medium severity, and could lead to a denial of service (application crash) or potentially arbitrary code execution if successfully exploited. While no active exploitation is confirmed, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, though there is minimal community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 1.98.8CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xnview:xnview:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
8.01%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-19336 · Jun 22, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0801 is in the 93rd percentile among its peer group of 19,953 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

newsgroup.xnview.com / viewtopic.php
secunia.com / advisories/48666
Vendor Advisory
exploit-db.com / exploits/19336
protekresearchlab.com / index.php