01 Record
CVE-2012-4988
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 9.85% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 95.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2014-07-09 14:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 20:50Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-09-19
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 23d6e1f3378c316984e617858c6a289b2edf06d508ec5f6c8d35897a86e5b263
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- seclists.org20121003 XnView JLS File Decompression Heap Overflowhttp://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2012/Oct/36
- www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.ukhttp://www.reactionpenetrationtesting.co.uk/xnview-jls-heap.html
- www.exploit-db.com21741https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21741/
- secunia.com50825http://secunia.com/advisories/50825
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comxnview-jpegls-bo(79030)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79030
- osvdb.org85893http://osvdb.org/show/osvdb/85893
- www.securityfocus.com55787http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55787