Vulnerability CVE-2012-5904
Published: 2012-11-17   Modified: 2012-11-18

Description:
Heap-based buffer overflow in IrfanView before 4.33 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted RLE compressed bitmap file such as a DIB, RLE, or BMP image.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
IrfanView RLE Image Decompression Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Francis Provench...
14.11.2012
High
IrfanView TIF Image Decompression Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Francis Provench...
14.11.2012

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Irfanview -> Irfanview 

 References:
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/74452
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52806
http://www.irfanview.com/history_old.htm
http://secunia.com/advisories/47333
http://osvdb.org/80716
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