PT-2021-10910
CVE-2020-23546
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Published
2021-10-28
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Updated
2026-07-09
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 version 4.54
Description
The issue allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly other unspecified impacts via a crafted XBM file. This is related to "Data from Faulting Address is used as one or more arguments in a subsequent Function Call" starting at
FORMATS!ReadMosaic+0x0000000000000981.Recommendations
For IrfanView version 4.54, consider avoiding the use of crafted XBM files until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict the use of the
FORMATS!ReadMosaic function to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue. Found an issue in the description? Have something to add? Feel free to write us 👾