CADImage Plugin on IrfanView DWG File Parser out-of-bounds

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A vulnerability was found in CADImage Plugin on IrfanView. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component DWG File Parser. This manipulation causes out-of-bounds. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-7261. The attack can be initiated remotely. There is not any exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in CADImage Plugin on IrfanView (unknown version). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block of the component DWG File Parser. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a out-of-bounds vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-125. The product reads data past the end, or before the beginning, of the intended buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

IrfanView CADImage Plugin DWG File Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Read Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of IrfanView CADImage Plugin. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of DWG files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a read past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-26130.

It is possible to read the advisory at zerodayinitiative.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2025-7261 since 07/07/2025. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. 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.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at EUVD (EUVD-2025-22226). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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