CVE-2005-3279: Jan Kybic Bitmap Viewer

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Stack-based buffer overflow in the vgasco_printf function in Jan Kybic BitMap Viewer (BMV) 1.2, when compiled with the M_UNIX flag and running setuid, allows local users to gain privileges via a long filename in the -b command line option.

Affected products

• Jan Kybic Bitmap Viewer: version 1.2 only

Published 2005-10-23. Last modified 2026-06-16.