EIP-2026-116620

PRE-CVE

XnView - '.ECW' Image Processing Heap Overflow

Title source: legacy
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for EIP-2026-116620. PoCs published by Francis Provencher.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This is a writeup describing a heap overflow vulnerability in XnView's NCSEcw.dll module when processing malformed ECW files. The advisory includes technical details and links to a crafted ECW file but does not contain exploit code.

Description

XnView - '.ECW' Image Processing Heap Overflow

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WRITEUP VERIFIED
by Francis Provencher · textdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19182

This is a writeup describing a heap overflow vulnerability in XnView's NCSEcw.dll module when processing malformed ECW files. The advisory includes technical details and links to a crafted ECW file but does not contain exploit code.

Classification
Writeup 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Theoretical
Target: XnView (version not specified)
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Crafted ECW file · User interaction to open the file
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

Details

Status pre_cve
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026