CVE-2017-9896 describes a critical vulnerability in XnView Classic for Windows, specifically version 2.40, where a crafted .fpx file can lead to remote code execution due to a read access violation. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a significant risk, as it requires user interaction (UI:R) but has low attack complexity (AC:L) and no privileges required (PR:N), potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it has not garnered widespread attention.
| 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: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.