CVE-2017-15801 affects XnView Classic for Windows version 2.43, allowing attackers to trigger a denial of service or potentially other unspecified impacts. This occurs when the software attempts to render the icon of a specially crafted .dll file, leading to mishandling during resource searching. With a CVSS v3.0 score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L), but has high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage for this CVE.
| 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.