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IrfanView JPEG-2000 Plugin Remote Stack Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Buffer overflow
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
6.8
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
12 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
This host has IrfanView with JPEG-2000 plugin installed and is prone to stack based buffer overflow vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is due to an error in the JPEG2000 plug-in when processing the Quantization Default (QCD) marker segment. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted JPEG2000 (JP2) file.
Affected Software
Affected Software
IrfanView JPEG-2000 Plugin version prior to 4.33
Solution
Solution
Upgrade IrfanView JPEG-2000 Plugin version to 4.33 or later.