CVE-2017-8781: Xnview

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 1.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

XnView Classic for Windows Version 2.40 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute code via a crafted JPEG 2000 file that is mishandled during the opening of a directory in "Browser" mode, because of a "Stack Buffer Overrun" issue.

Affected products

• Xnview Xnview: version 2.40 only

Published 2017-07-05. Last modified 2026-06-17.