CVE-2013-3938

critical

Published 2014-03-18 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

9.3

Description

Integer overflow in xnview.exe in XnView 2.13 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a large NUM_ELEMENTS field in an IFD_ENTRY structure in a JXR file, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
xnview	xnview	`2.13`

References

CWEs

CWE-189

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.