THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2009-4001
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2009-4001

Xnview vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
4.6%
EPSS pct
91th
Exploited
No known
Integer overflow in XnView before 1.97.2 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a DICOM image with crafted dimensions, leading to a heap-based buffer overflow.
Affected vendor
Xnview
Affected product
Xnview
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2010-03-15

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 4.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2009-4001

  • Confirm whether Xnview Xnview is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2009-4001.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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