CVE-2007-1948

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Published Apr 11, 2007 CVSS 2.0 · 9.3 Critical EPSS 8.3% KEV · Not listed

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:irfanview:irfanview:3.99:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2007-1942	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.

Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 8.3% (8.316% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
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

History

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Subscriptions

Irfanview Irfanview

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 1:13 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Apr 11, 2007, 1:00 AM
Updated: Aug 7, 2024, 1:13 PM
Reserved: Apr 10, 2007, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 10:38 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Apr 11, 2007, 1:19 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 10:38 PM

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