IrfanView < 4.33 Boundary Error Multiple Image File Handling Remote Overflow

high Nessus Plugin ID 58579

Synopsis

A graphic viewer on the remote host is affected by a buffer overflow vulnerability.

Description

The remote Windows host contains a version of IrfanView earlier than 4.33. As such, it is reportedly affected by a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability due to the way the application handles RLE compressed bitmap files.

An attacker could trick a user into opening specially crafted DIB, RLE, or BMP image files using RLE compression, which would result in arbitrary code execution on the affected host subject to the privileges of the user running this application.

Solution

Upgrade to IrfanView version 4.33 or later.

See Also

https://www.irfanview.com/main_history.htm

https://www.irfanview.com/history_old.htm

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 58579

File Name: irfanview_433.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 4/3/2012

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:irfanview:irfanview

Required KB Items: SMB/IrfanView/Version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/28/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/28/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-5904

BID: 52806

Secunia: 47333