IrfanView 4.44 on 32-bit PDF Plugin Return Value memory corruption

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A vulnerability identified as critical has been detected in IrfanView 4.44 on 32-bit. The affected element is an unknown function of the component PDF Plugin. The manipulation as part of Return Value leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2017-15260. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in IrfanView 4.44 on 32-bit (Image Processing Software). This issue affects some unknown functionality of the component PDF Plugin. The manipulation as part of a Return Value 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 version 4.44 (32bit) with PDF plugin version 4.43 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .pdf file, related to "Data from Faulting Address may be used as a return value starting at PDF!xmlParserInputRead+0x0000000000129a59."

The bug was discovered 10/12/2017. The weakness was published 10/11/2017 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2017-15260 since 10/11/2017. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

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

Similar entries are available at VDB-107799, VDB-107798, VDB-107797 and VDB-107796. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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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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• Product: https://www.irfanview.com/

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