PT-2012-6185 · Irfanview · Irfanview

Published 2012-11-17 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2012-5904

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IrfanView versions prior to 4.33

Description A heap-based buffer overflow issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted RLE compressed bitmap file, such as a DIB, RLE, or BMP image.

Recommendations For versions prior to 4.33, update to version 4.33 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-5904

Affected Products

Irfanview

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5904 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/47333 · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74452 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/52806 · Note
• http://irfanview.com/history_old.htm · Note
• http://osvdb.org/80716 · Note