PT-2024-37885 · Irfan Skiljan · Irfanview

Published 2024-07-26 · Updated 2025-02-21 · CVE-2024-6821

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 of IrfanView. User interaction is required to exploit this, where the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of CIN files, resulting from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data. This can result in a write past the end of an allocated buffer, allowing an attacker 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

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-6821

ZDI-24-973

Affected Products

Irfanview

References · 5

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6821 · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-973 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6821 · Security Note
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1860073448904753329 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/syedaquib77/status/1892843792090423742 · Twitter Post