CVE-2023-52174 — XnView Classic before 2

XnView Classic before 2.51.3 on Windows has a Write Access Violation at xnview.exe+0x3125D6.

01What is this vulnerability?

XnView Classic before 2.51.3 on Windows has a Write Access Violation at xnview.exe+0x3125D6.

02Affected products

Vendor	Product	Versions
n	a / n/a	n/a

03Active exploitation status

Not currently listed on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities (KEV) catalog. EPSS is the best forward-looking signal — see the EPSS row above.

04Recommended remediation

• Patch to a fixed version listed in the vendor advisory (see references below).
• Mitigate with WAF rules, network egress filters, or feature flags where the patch is not yet available.
• Hunt historical logs for exploitation indicators — see Detection signatures below.

05Technical details

For the full vendor write-up, exploit chains, and reference implementations, see the references list in section 09.

06Detection signatures

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07Related CVEs

No directly-cited follow-up CVEs in the KB record for this advisory. The references list in section 09 carries the vendor cross-references.

08Timeline

• Published: 2023-12-29T00:00:00.000Z
• Last modified: 2024-08-02T22:55:40.261Z

09References

• newsgroup.xnview.com — https://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=46016
• github.com — https://github.com/seyit-sigirci/Vulnerability-Disclosures/blob/main/XNView-Cras…