CVE-2012-4988 (GCVE-0-2012-4988)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-07-09 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 20:50
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Oct/36 mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
http://www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/xnvie… x_refsource_MISC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21741/ exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DB
http://secunia.com/advisories/50825 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/85893 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55787 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
Date Public
2012-10-03 00:00
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