Memory corruption in IrfanView - CVE-2017-10731
Published: May 18, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU12819
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10731
CWE-ID: CWE-119
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Irfan Skiljan
Affected software:
IrfanView
IrfanView
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition or execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The weakness exists due to boundary error. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted .rle file, related to a "User Mode Write AV starting at FORMATS!GetPlugInInfo+0x0000000000007d80", trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash or execute arbitrary code.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
The weakness exists due to boundary error. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted .rle file, related to a "User Mode Write AV starting at FORMATS!GetPlugInInfo+0x0000000000007d80", trigger memory corruption and cause the service to crash or execute arbitrary code.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in system compromise.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-10731
Update to version 4.51.