PT-2017-13946 · Irfanview · Pdf Plugin+1

Published 2017-10-11 · Updated 2017-10-24 · CVE-2017-15259

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.8

High

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IrfanView version 4.44 (32bit) with PDF plugin version 4.43

Description The issue allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .pdf file. This is related to "Data from Faulting Address controls Branch Selection starting at PDF!xmlParserInputRead+0x000000000011624a."

Recommendations For IrfanView version 4.44 (32bit) with PDF plugin version 4.43, consider disabling the PDF plugin as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Avoid opening crafted .pdf files with the affected version to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

DoS

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-15259

Affected Products

Irfanview

Pdf Plugin

References · 3

• 🔥❌ https://github.com/wlinzi/security_advisories/tree/master/CVE-2017-15259 · Exploit, Deleted
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-15259 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-15259 · Security Note