A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in IrfanView 4.50 on 64-bit (Image Processing Software). Affected is an unknown code of the component CADImage Plugin. The manipulation as part of a dwg File leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

IrfanView 4.50 - 64bit with CADImage plugin version 12.0.0.5 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .dwg file, related to a "Read Access Violation starting at CADIMAGE+0x00000000003d22d8."

The bug was discovered 10/21/2017. The weakness was released 10/22/2017 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at github.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2017-15738 since 10/21/2017. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

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

Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 108340, 108339, 108338 and 108337.

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• Image Processing Software

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• IrfanView

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• 4.50

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• free

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