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CVE-2023-52173

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2023-52173 is a critical write access violation vulnerability (CWE-787) affecting XnView Classic versions prior to 2.51.3 on Windows. With a CVSS score of 9.8, this vulnerability is network-exploitable with low attack complexity, allowing for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability without user interaction. While no public exploits, Metasploit modules, or Nuclei templates are currently available, and there is minimal community discussion or media coverage, its critical severity warrants attention.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
< 2.51.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:xnview:xnview_classic:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.1

9.8CRITICAL

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.1

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.58%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
44.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0058 is in the 24th percentile among its peer group of 36,897 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.3 Bluesky, 0.3 Mastodon, and 2.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

github.com / seyit-sigirci/Vulnerability-Disclosures/blob/main/XNView-Crash-Reports/BOF%5B0x54D%5D%2B3%7B%2B0~3%23460c%7D%20469.15d%20%40%20xnview.exe%2B0x3ADBD0.html
Product
newsgroup.xnview.com / viewtopic.php
Release Notes