IrfanView 3.98 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in IrfanView 3.98. This issue affects some unknown processing. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2006-4374. Furthermore, an exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in IrfanView 3.98 (Image Processing Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. 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 availability. CVE summarizes:

IrfanView 3.98 (with plugins) allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted ANI image file, possibly due to a buffer overflow.

The weakness was published 08/26/2006 by sehato with Yandex (Website). The advisory is available at securityfocus.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-4374 since 08/25/2006. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

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

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (28360) and SecurityFocus (BID 19452†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.0

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VulDB Temp Score: 5.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

08/09/2006 🔍
08/25/2006 +16 days 🔍
08/26/2006 +1 days 🔍
08/26/2006 +0 days 🔍
03/12/2015 +3120 days 🔍
03/26/2019 +1475 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: irfanview.com

Advisory: securityfocus.com⛔
Researcher: sehato
Organization: Yandex
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-4374 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-4374
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-31970
X-Force: 28360
SecurityFocus: 19452 - IrfanView ANI Image File Denial Of Service Vulnerability

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 15:51
Updated: 03/26/2019 15:23
Changes: 03/12/2015 15:51 (54), 03/26/2019 15:23 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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