CVE-2007-1948 EXPLOIT
9.3
HIGH · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 8.3% (pctl 95)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
Buffer overflow in IrfanView 3.99 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via the (1) xoffset or (2) yoffset RLE command, or (3) large non-RLE encoded blocks in a crafted BMP image, as demonstrated by rle8of3.bmp and rle8of4.bmp.
Scoring
| CVSS | 9.3 (HIGH, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| EPSS | 8.26% — more likely to be exploited than 95% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2007-04-11 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (1)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| irfanview | irfanview |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | IrfanView 3.99 - Multiple .BMP Denial of Service Vulnerabilities | 2007-04-04 |
References
- http://ifsec.blogspot.com/2007/04/several-windows-image-viewers.html
- http://osvdb.org/41554
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2558
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464726/100/0/threaded
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1284
- http://ifsec.blogspot.com/2007/04/several-windows-image-viewers.html
- http://osvdb.org/41554
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2558
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464726/100/0/threaded
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1284
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