PT-2021-18181 · Irfanview · Irfanview

Published 2021-09-28 · Updated 2021-10-05 · CVE-2021-29361

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 4.57

Description: A buffer overflow issue in the FORMATS!Read Utah RLE+0x340 function of Irfanview allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted RLE file.

Recommendations: For Irfanview version 4.57, consider disabling the FORMATS!Read Utah RLE+0x340 function as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict access to RLE files to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

Related Identifiers

CVE-2021-29361

Affected Products

Irfanview

References · 4

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2021-29361 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-29361 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/29577 · Telegram Post
• https://github.com/moshekaplan/Research/tree/main/IrfanView · Note