CVE-2017-15260

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions IrfanView version 4.44 (32bit) with PDF plugin version 4.43

Description The issue allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .pdf file. This is related to "Data from Faulting Address may be used as a return value starting at PDF!xmlParserInputRead+0x0000000000129a59."

Recommendations For IrfanView version 4.44 (32bit) with PDF plugin version 4.43, consider disabling the PDF plugin as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Avoid opening crafted .pdf files with the affected version to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.