Denial of Service Vulnerability in IrfanView with TOOLS Plugin
CVE-2017-9917

7.8HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Irfanview
Status
Irfanview
Tools
Vendor
CVE Published:
5 July 2017

What is CVE-2017-9917?

A vulnerability in IrfanView version 4.44 (32bit) with TOOLS Plugin 4.50 can lead to denial of service conditions when processing a specially crafted file. This issue may allow attackers to manipulate the application, resulting in it becoming unresponsive. The vulnerability is linked to how data from a faulting address is utilized as one or more arguments in subsequent function calls, which can cause instability in the application.

References

https://github.com/wlinzi/security_advisories/tree/master...
x_refsource_MISC

CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.8
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Local
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
Required
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

JSON
.