CVE-2017-15778 — XnView Classic for Windows Version 2.43 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .dwg file, related to a "Read Access Violation starting at CADImage+0x0000000000285de7."

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XnView Classic for Windows Version 2.43 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .dwg file, related to a "Read Access Violation starting at CADImage+0x0000000000285de7."

Published Oct 22, 2017

7.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 0.77%

Description

XnView Classic for Windows Version 2.43 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .dwg file, related to a "Read Access Violation starting at CADImage+0x0000000000285de7."

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

0.77% 0.00767

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

EPSS probability 0.00767

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 (14 key points)

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Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	0.77% (0.00767)	53.88th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	0.77% (0.00767)	50.55th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.19% (0.00189)	38.51th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.06% (0.00062)	28.30th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 14, 2024	0.06% (0.00063)	27.19th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.06% (0.00063)	25.19th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	0.89% (0.00885)	27.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Sep 10, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	26.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	24.24th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	0.89% (0.00885)	10.50th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	5.62% (0.05618)	80.44th	v1
Jan 6, 2022	5.62% (0.05618)	80.24th	v1
Sep 1, 2021	5.62% (0.05618)	88.96th	v1
Apr 14, 2021	5.62% (0.05618)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-119

Buffer Overflow

References (1)

https://github.com/wlinzi/security_advisories/tree/master/CVE-2017-15778
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://github.com/wlinzi/security_advisories/tree/master/CVE-2017-15778		x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Oct 22, 2017

Updated Aug 5, 2024

Reserved Oct 21, 2017

Link CVE-2017-15778

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2017-15778

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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