PT-2024-39517 · Irfan Skiljan · Irfanview

Published 2024-10-11 · Updated 2024-11-25 · CVE-2024-9258

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 flaw exists within the parsing of SID files due to the lack of proper initialization of a pointer prior to accessing it. 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

Access of Uninitialized Pointer

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-824

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-9258

ZDI-24-1370

Affected Products

Irfanview

References · 5

• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-1370 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-9258 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-9258 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1860073486598963524 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/oktsec/status/1845036093487395027 · Twitter Post