CVE-2008-0069

MEDIUM 6.8CVE-2008-0069 · Published 02/04/2008 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2008-0069 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 6.8) vulnerability affecting xnview (pierreegougelet).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 8.4%, higher than 95.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
xnview pierreegougelet	`≤ 1.92≤ 1.92.1`	No fix yet

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in XnView 1.92 and 1.92.1 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long FontName parameter in a slideshow (.sld) file, a different vector than CVE-2008-1461.

References

secunia.com/advisories/29620 · Patch
secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-6/advisory · Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/28579
vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1044/references
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41542
exploit-db.com/exploits/5346

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