CVE-2017-15779 is a critical vulnerability affecting XnView Classic for Windows version 2.43, allowing attackers to achieve arbitrary code execution or denial of service through specially crafted .dwg files. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L), but successful exploitation can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H, I:H, A:H). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code or Metasploit modules are available, nor has it garnered significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
2.43CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:xnview:xnview:2.43:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub 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 records are not available for this CVE.