A vulnerability was found in IrfanView 4.44 on 32-bit (Image Processing Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown function of the component djvu File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

IrfanView 4.44 - 32bit allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .djvu file, related to "Data from Faulting Address controls Branch Selection starting at DJVU!GetPlugInInfo+0x000000000001c613."

The weakness was shared 09/22/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-14693 since 09/22/2017. The exploitation is known to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The entries 103118, 103119, 103120 and 103153 are related to this item.

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• Image Processing Software

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• IrfanView

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• 4.44

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• free

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