CVE-2017-14279 is a high-severity vulnerability affecting XnView Classic for Windows, specifically version 2.40. It allows an attacker to trigger a denial of service or potentially achieve other unspecified impacts by providing a specially crafted .jb2 file, leading to a read access violation. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a high risk due to its local attack vector, low attack complexity, and high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.40CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:xnview:xnview:2.40:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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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 records are not available for this CVE.