Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU38775

Buffer overflow in IrfanView - CVE-2017-8766

Published: July 5, 2017 / Updated: August 8, 2020

Vulnerability identifier: #VU38775

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-2017-8766

CWE-ID: CWE-119

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vendor: Irfan Skiljan

Affected software:
IrfanView

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

IrfanView version 4.44 (32bit) allows remote attackers to execute code via a crafted .mov file, because of a "User Mode Write AV near NULL" issue.

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