CVE-2017-15785 is a critical vulnerability affecting XnView Classic for Windows version 2.43, allowing arbitrary code execution or denial of service through a specially crafted .dwg file. This vulnerability, categorized as CWE-119 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer), carries a CVSS v3 score of 7.8 (High), indicating a significant risk with high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While the attack requires user interaction (UI:R) to open the malicious file, it has low attack complexity (AC:L) and does not require privileges (PR:N). There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or 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.