Irfan Skiljan IrfanView 4.00/4.10/4.20/4.22 Format Plugin numeric error

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Irfan Skiljan IrfanView 4.00/4.10/4.20/4.22. This impacts an unknown function of the component Format Plugin. The manipulation leads to numeric error. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2009-0197. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Irfan Skiljan IrfanView 4.00/4.10/4.20/4.22 (Image Processing Software) and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Format Plugin. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a numeric error vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-189. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Integer overflow in the FORMATS Plugin before 4.23 for IrfanView allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a large XPM file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

The bug was discovered 04/07/2009. The weakness was disclosed 04/07/2009 by Stefan Cornelius with secunia (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at secunia.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-0197 since 01/20/2009. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $100k and more. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 116351 (IrfanView Formats Plug-in XPM Parsing Integer Overflow Vulnerability).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published before and not just after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (49717), SecurityFocus (BID 34402†), OSVDB (53323†), Secunia (SA34525†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-21519†). The entries VDB-100735, VDB-103063, VDB-103064 and VDB-103065 are pretty similar. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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Class: Numeric error
CWE: CWE-189
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Researcher: Stefan Cornelius
Organization: secunia
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2009-0197 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-0197
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-3947

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X-Force: 49717 - IrfanView Formats Plug-in XPM file buffer overflow, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 34402 - IrfanView FORMATS Plugin XPM Format Handling Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 34525
OSVDB: 53323 - IrfanView Formats Plug-in XPM File Handling Overflow
Vulnerability Center: 21519 - IrfanView 4.22 Remote Arbitrary Code Execution or DoS Vulnerability via Large XPM File, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2009-0953

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/16/2009 13:05
Updated: 05/17/2025 20:04
Changes: 04/16/2009 13:05 (80), 09/01/2019 08:52 (1), 05/17/2025 20:04 (18)
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Cache ID: 216:189:103

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