CVE-2005-4595

HIGH 7.2CVE-2005-4595 · Published 31/12/2005 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2005-4595 is a HIGH (CVSS 7.2) vulnerability affecting nview (gentoo), xnview (gentoo).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.42%, higher than 36.1% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
nview gentoo	`= 4.51`	No fix yet
xnview gentoo	`= 1.70`	No fix yet

Description

Untrusted search path vulnerability (RPATH) in XnView 1.70 and NView 4.51 on Gentoo Linux allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a malicious library in the current working directory.

References

bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi
secunia.com/advisories/18235 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/18240 · Vendor Advisory
gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200512-18.xml · Patch
osvdb.org/22093
osvdb.org/22094
securityfocus.com/bid/16087 · Patch
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/23910

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