CVE-2017-9908 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in XnView Classic for Windows version 2.40, potentially leading to further unspecified impact. This flaw, categorized as a CWE-119 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer), is triggered by processing a specially crafted .fpx file. With a CVSS v3.0 score of 7.8 (High), it requires user interaction (UI:R) to open the malicious file, but has low attack complexity (AC:L) and can result in high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts (C:H/I:H/A:H). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| 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
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.