CVE-2013-3939
HIGH
7.8
CVSS Score
Published: January 2, 2020 at 07:11 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:56 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorXnview
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Severity
HIGH7.8
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
xnview.exe in XnView before 2.13 does not properly handle RLE strip lengths during processing of RGB files, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the RLE strip size field in a RGB file, which leads to an unexpected sign extension error and a heap-based buffer overflow.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (2)
x_refsource_CONFIRMx_refsource_MISCPermissions RequiredVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=29087Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_refsource_MISCNot ApplicableVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/52101CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- NONE
- User Interaction
- REQUIRED
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- HIGH
- Availability
- HIGH
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-787
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