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CVE-2009-4001
Integer overflow in XnView before 1.97.2 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a DICOM image with crafted dimensions,…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 4.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 8.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By flexera
- 4 months later
· 4 months later
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 4.6% · top 8.2% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References6
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-60/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 20100310 Secunia Research: XnView DICOM Parsing Integer Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- xnview-dicom-bo(56802) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 38629 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=19469 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 62829 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2009-3972 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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