IrfanView RLE File Parser heap-based overflow

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A vulnerability has been found in IrfanView and classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component RLE File Parser. Performing a manipulation results in heap-based overflow. This vulnerability is identified as CVE-2024-11518. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in IrfanView (the affected version unknown). This affects an unknown part of the component RLE File Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a heap-based overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-122. A heap overflow condition is a buffer overflow, where the buffer that can be overwritten is allocated in the heap portion of memory, generally meaning that the buffer was allocated using a routine such as malloc(). This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

It is possible to read the advisory at zerodayinitiative.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2024-11518 since 11/20/2024. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for 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.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

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• Image Processing Software

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• IrfanView

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• free

Website

• Product: https://www.irfanview.com/

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