PT-2017-13515
CVE-2017-14540
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Published
2017-09-18
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Updated
2017-11-04
Description by
CVSS 3.1
7.8
HighMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
IrfanView versions 4.44
Description
The issue allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .svg file, related to "Data from Faulting Address controls Branch Selection starting at CADIMAGE+0x000000000001f23e."
Recommendations
For IrfanView version 4.44, avoid using the software to open .svg files from untrusted sources until a fix is available. As a temporary workaround, consider disabling the .svg file format support in IrfanView to minimize the risk of exploitation.
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