CVE-2017-9898 describes a critical vulnerability in XnView Classic for Windows, specifically version 2.40, where remote attackers can execute arbitrary code by enticing a user to open a specially crafted .fpx file. This vulnerability is rated as High severity (CVSS 7.8), indicating a significant risk due to its potential for complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring user interaction but with low attack complexity. While the vulnerability has a high FAUCET Risk Score of 60/100, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not widely targeted.
| 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.