PT-2019-15044 · Irfanview · Irfanview

Published 2019-10-08 · Updated 2019-10-10 · CVE-2019-17257

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IrfanView version 4.53

Description The issue allows an Exception Handler Chain to be corrupted. This corruption starts at a specific memory location, EXR!ReadEXR+0x000000000002af80, indicating a potential problem with the handling of EXR image files.

Recommendations For IrfanView version 4.53, consider avoiding the use of the EXR image file format until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict the handling of EXR files to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Fix

Improper Check for Exceptional Conditions

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-754

Related Identifiers

CVE-2019-17257

Affected Products

Irfanview

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-17257 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2019-17257 · Vendor Advisory
• https://irfanview.com/main_history.htm · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/linhlhq/research/blob/master/README.md · Note