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A vulnerability has been found in Pierreegougelet XnView 1.92/1.92.1 (Image Processing Software) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects an unknown part. The manipulation of the argument FontName
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:
Stack-based buffer overflow in XnView 1.92 and 1.92.1 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long FontName parameter in a slideshow (.sld) file, a different vector than CVE-2008-1461.
The weakness was published 04/02/2008 by Stefan Cornelius with Secunia Research (Website). The advisory is shared for download at secunia.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2008-0069 since 01/03/2008. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details and also a public exploit are known.
A public exploit has been developed in Perl. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.
There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (41542).
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Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Timeline
01/03/2008 🔍03/31/2008 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: secunia.com⛔Researcher: Stefan Cornelius
Organization: Secunia Research
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2008-0069 (🔍)
X-Force: 41542
Vulnerability Center: 36726 - XnView 1.92, 1.92.1 Remote Arbitrary Code Execution via a long FontName Parameter, Medium
SecurityFocus: 28579 - XnView FontName Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 29620
Vupen: ADV-2008-1044
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
Entry
Created: 03/16/2015 17:00Updated: 07/31/2021 13:59
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (50), 04/19/2017 10:17 (16), 07/31/2021 13:59 (3)
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