PT-2009-2877 · Irfanview · Irfanview

Published 2009-04-09 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2009-0197

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IrfanView versions prior to 4.23

Description The issue is related to an integer overflow in the FORMATS Plugin, which can be triggered by a large XPM file. This can lead to a heap-based buffer overflow, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause the application to crash.

Recommendations For versions prior to 4.23, update to version 4.23 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of large XPM files with the FORMATS Plugin until the update is applied.

Fix

RCE

DoS

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-189

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-0197

Affected Products

Irfanview

References · 10

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-0197 · Security Note
• http://irfanview.com/plugins.htm · Patch
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0953 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/34525 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-20 · Vendor Advisory
• http://osvdb.org/53323 · Note
• http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/49717 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49717 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/502516/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/34402 · Note