CVE-2012-4988

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-119 Buffer Errors

Publication date:

09/07/2014

Last modified:

12/04/2025

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the xjpegls.dll (aka JLS, JPEG-LS, or JPEG lossless) format plugin in XnView 1.99 and 1.99.1 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted JLS image file.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.30 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

9.30

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:xnview:xnview:1.99:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:xnview:xnview:1.99.1:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/85893
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Oct/36
http://secunia.com/advisories/50825
http://www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/xnview-jls-heap.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55787
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79030
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21741/
http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/85893
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Oct/36
http://secunia.com/advisories/50825
http://www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/xnview-jls-heap.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55787
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79030
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21741/