IrfanView Formats Plugin ECW Plugin File Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

high Nessus Plugin ID 59849

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Synopsis

The remote host has an application installed that is affected by a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability.

Description

The version of the IrfanView Formats ECW plugin (NCSEcw.dll) was found to be less than 4.34. Such versions are affected by a heap-based buffer overflow caused by insufficient validation when decompressing ECW images. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted .ecw file.

Solution

Upgrade the Formats ECW plugin to version 3.1.0.350 (4.34) or higher.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 59849

File Name: irfanview_ecw_heap_overflow.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 7/5/2012

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:irfanview:irfanview

Required KB Items: SMB/IrfanView/Version

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/24/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/31/2012

Reference Information

BID: 53744

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