PT-2017-14200
CVE-2017-15769
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Published
2017-10-22
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Updated
2017-10-24
Description by
CVSS 3.1
7.8
HighMetricsAV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
IrfanView versions 4.50
Description
The issue allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .dds file, related to "Read Access Violation starting at FORMATS!ReadBLP W+0x0000000000001b22."
Recommendations
For IrfanView version 4.50, avoid using the software to open crafted .dds files until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting the use of .dds file format support in IrfanView to minimize the risk of exploitation.
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