CVE-2005-4595: Gentoo Nview

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 0.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Untrusted search path vulnerability (RPATH) in XnView 1.70 and NView 4.51 on Gentoo Linux allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a malicious library in the current working directory.

Affected products

• Gentoo Nview: version 4.51 only
• Gentoo Xnview: version 1.70 only

Published 2005-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.