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IrfanView Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Buffer overflow
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
13 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
This host has IrfanView installed and is prone to buffer overflow vulnerabilities.
Insight
Insight
The flaws are due to, - A sign extension error when parsing certain 'PSD' images - A boundary error when processing certain 'RLE' compressed 'PSD' images. These can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted PSD file.
Affected Software
Affected Software
IrfanView version prior to 4.27
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to version 4.27 or later.