CVE-2017-10739 — XnView Classic for Windows Version 2.40 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a crafted .rle file, related to a "Data Execution Prevention Violation starting at Unknown Symbol @ 0x000000000c1b541c called from xnview+0x00000000003826ec."

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HIGH

XnView Classic for Windows Version 2.40 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a crafted .rle file, related to a "Data Execution Prevention Violation starting at Unknown Symbol @ 0x000000000c1b541c called from xnview+0x00000000003826ec."

Published Jul 5, 2017

7.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 0.36%

Description

XnView Classic for Windows Version 2.40 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a crafted .rle file, related to a "Data Execution Prevention Violation starting at Unknown Symbol @ 0x000000000c1b541c called from xnview+0x00000000003826ec."

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.36% 0.00364

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.00364

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (15 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.36% (0.00364)	27.82th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.36% (0.00364)	27.98th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.06% (0.00056)	14.65th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.04% (0.00044)	14.58th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 25, 2024	0.04% (0.00044)	12.27th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.04% (0.00044)	10.26th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.52% (0.01525)	73.77th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Aug 4, 2022	1.52% (0.01525)	72.60th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
May 31, 2022	1.24% (0.01238)	65.41th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.14% (0.01135)	52.60th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.04% (0.01036)	20.62th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	9.49% (0.09494)	87.11th	v1
Jan 6, 2022	9.49% (0.09494)	86.96th	v1
Sep 1, 2021	9.49% (0.09494)	94.15th	v1
Apr 14, 2021	9.49% (0.09494)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-119

Buffer Overflow

References (1)

https://github.com/wlinzi/security_advisories/tree/master/CVE-2017-10739
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://github.com/wlinzi/security_advisories/tree/master/CVE-2017-10739		x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jul 5, 2017

Updated Aug 5, 2024

Reserved Jul 1, 2017

Link CVE-2017-10739

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2017-10739

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2017-10739