PT-2024-1862 · Irfan Skiljan · Irfanview

Published 2024-02-21 · Updated 2024-12-18 · CVE-2024-6817

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 (affected versions not specified)

Description This issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations. User interaction is required, where the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The flaw exists within the parsing of PSP files due to the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, resulting in a write past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this to execute code in the context of the current process.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Memory Corruption

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-787

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

BDU:2024-01620

CVE-2024-6817

ZDI-24-969

Affected Products

Irfanview

References · 7

• https://safe-surf.ru/upload/VULN-new/VULN.2024-02-26.1.pdf · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6817 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6817 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-01620 · Security Note
• http://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2024/02/long-term-support-channel-update-for_21.html · Note
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-969 · Security Note, Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1860055227203743947 · Twitter Post