CVE-2017-15784 is a critical vulnerability affecting XnView Classic for Windows, specifically version 2.43. It allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted .dwg file, leading to an "Illegal Instruction Violation." With a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) but has low attack complexity (AC:L), posing significant risks to confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). There is currently no public exploit code available, nor is there evidence of active exploitation, and it has received minimal 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
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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.