PT-2024-5238 · Irfanview · Irfanview

Published 2024-02-13 · Updated 2024-11-25 · CVE-2024-6812

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: The issue is related to a remote code execution vulnerability in the parsing of WSQ files in IrfanView. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of IrfanView. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability, as the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of WSQ files and results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a write past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability 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

BDU:2024-05846

CVE-2024-6812

ZDI-24-904

Affected Products

Irfanview

References · 10

• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-24-904 · Security Note
• https://bdu.fstec.ru/vul/2024-05846 · Security Note
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-6812 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-6812 · Vendor Advisory
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1826298960144633976 · Twitter Post
• https://vuldb.com/ru/?id.271920 · Note
• https://t.me/cvedetector/3794 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1826340883991560278 · Twitter Post
• https://twitter.com/cracbot/status/1827949172663976103 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/91955 · Telegram Post