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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.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)