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XnSoft XnView: CVE-2017-8381: Remote code execution from mishandled crafted .mkv file during directory opening in "Browser" mode

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XnSoft XnView: CVE-2017-8381: Remote code execution from mishandled crafted .mkv file during directory opening in "Browser" mode

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/05/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/21/2017
Modified
05/09/2019

Description

XnView Classic for Windows Version 2.40 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute code via a crafted .mkv file that is mishandled during the opening of a directory in "Browser" mode, because of a "User Mode Write AV near NULL" in XnView.exe.

Solution(s)

  • misc-no-solution-exists

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