CVE-2017-9900 — XnView Classic for Windows Version 2.40 allows remote attackers to execute code via a crafted .fpx file, related to "Data from Faulting Address controls Code Flow starting at Xfpx!gffGetFormatInfo+0x000000000002e385."

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HIGH

XnView Classic for Windows Version 2.40 allows remote attackers to execute code via a crafted .fpx file, related to "Data from Faulting Address controls Code Flow starting at Xfpx!gffGetFormatInfo+0x000000000002e385."

Published Jul 5, 2017

7.8

HIGH

CVSS 3.0

EPSS 1.60%

Description

XnView Classic for Windows Version 2.40 allows remote attackers to execute code via a crafted .fpx file, related to "Data from Faulting Address controls Code Flow starting at Xfpx!gffGetFormatInfo+0x000000000002e385."

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.60% 0.01596

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

EPSS probability 0.01596

Score over time

2021–2026

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Percentile over time

EPSS v1
EPSS v5
EPSS v2
EPSS v3

Table of values (13 key points)

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

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.60% (0.01596)	74.85th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Aug 23, 2026	1.93% (0.01932)	78.22th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jul 20, 2024	0.49% (0.00491)	76.36th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 17, 2024	0.49% (0.00491)	75.61th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 6, 2024	0.50% (0.00501)	73.92th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Nov 20, 2023	0.41% (0.00409)	70.98th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Oct 9, 2023	0.37% (0.00370)	69.39th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Sep 3, 2023	0.35% (0.00348)	68.17th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.18% (0.00176)	52.98th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.62% (0.01624)	75.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.10% (0.01103)	28.56th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 3, 2022	0.92% (0.00918)	25.93th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Apr 14, 2021	0.92% (0.00918)	0.00th	v1

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-119

Buffer Overflow

References (1)

https://github.com/wlinzi/security_advisories/tree/master/CVE-2017-9900
x_refsource_MISCThird Party Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
https://github.com/wlinzi/security_advisories/tree/master/CVE-2017-9900		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 Jun 25, 2017

Link CVE-2017-9900

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 17, 2026

Link CVE-2017-9900

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2017-9900