CVE-2013-2577Buffer overflow in XnView before 2.04 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PCT file.
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 11.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Buffer overflow in XnView before 2.04 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PCT file.
Public exploit
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Show the exploits2
Exploit-DB1 entry
- XnView 2.03 - '.pct' Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 27049dos, windowspublished 23 Jul 2013Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 27049 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 5 months later
· 5 months later
Published
- 11 years later
· 11 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)
- 11.8% · top 3.9% of all CVEs (13 Nov 2026)
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
References8
- http://newsgroup.xnview.com/viewtopic.php?f=35&t=28400 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- xnview-pctfile-bo(85919) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://www.coresecurity.com/advisories/xnview-buffer-overflow-vulnerability (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 1028817 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 27049 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- 95580 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 20130722 CORE-2013-0705 - XnView Buffer Overflow Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 54174 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_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-2013-2519 (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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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2013-2577)Record last updated .