A vulnerability was found in XnView Classic 2.43 on Windows (Image Processing Software). It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component DWG File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

XnView Classic for Windows Version 2.43 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .dwg file, related to a "Read Access Violation starting at CADImage+0x0000000000285de7."

The bug was discovered 10/23/2017. The weakness was released 10/22/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2017-15778 since 10/21/2017. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 108380, 108379, 108378 and 108377.

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• Image Processing Software

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• XnView Classic

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• 2.43

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• free

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