Irfan Skiljan · Irfanview · CVE-2024-6811
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions:
IrfanView (affected versions not specified)
Description:
This issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of IrfanView. User interaction is required to exploit this issue, where the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of WSQ files, resulting from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a write past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this issue to execute code in the context of the current process.
Recommendations:
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.