XNView up to 2.49 GEM Bitmap File buffer overflow

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in XNView up to 2.49. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component GEM Bitmap File Handler. The manipulation results in buffer overflow. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2021-28835. The attack is only possible with local access. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in XNView up to 2.49 (Image Processing Software). Affected is an unknown function of the component GEM Bitmap File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a buffer overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-120. The product copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer Overflow vulnerability in XNView before 2.50, allows local attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted GEM bitmap file.

The weakness was released 08/11/2023. The advisory is available at newsgroup.xnview.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2021-28835 since 03/19/2021. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

Upgrading to version 2.50 eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Image Processing Software

Name

• XNView

Version

• 2.0
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.3
• 2.4
• 2.5
• 2.6
• 2.7
• 2.8
• 2.9
• 2.10
• 2.11
• 2.12
• 2.13
• 2.14
• 2.15
• 2.16
• 2.17
• 2.18
• 2.19
• 2.20
• 2.21
• 2.22
• 2.23
• 2.24
• 2.25
• 2.26
• 2.27
• 2.28
• 2.29
• 2.30
• 2.31
• 2.32
• 2.33
• 2.34
• 2.35
• 2.36
• 2.37
• 2.38
• 2.39
• 2.40
• 2.41
• 2.42
• 2.43
• 2.44
• 2.45
• 2.46
• 2.47
• 2.48
• 2.49

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