Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 17, 2012· Updated Apr 29, 2026

CVE-2012-0282

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in XnView before 1.99 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted ImageLeftPosition value in an ImageDescriptor structure in a GIF image.

Affected products

Xnview/Xnview
cpe:2.3:a:xnview:xnview:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=1.98.8

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19335nvdExploit
secunia.com/advisories/48666nvdVendor Advisory
newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.phpnvd
www.osvdb.org/83086nvd
www.protekresearchlab.com/index.phpnvd

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