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CVE-2008-0493

36
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-0493 describes a critical heap corruption vulnerability in the fpx.dll 3.9.8.0 FlashPix plugin for IrfanView 4.10. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by enticing a user to open a specially crafted FlashPix (.FPX) file. With a CVSS score of 9.3, the vulnerability is highly severe, requiring medium attack complexity but leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not listed on the KEV catalog or Hot List, exploit code is publicly available via ExploitDB, though there is no evidence of active exploitation or significant community discussion.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.10CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:irfanview:irfanview:4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
8.68%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
94.6%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
ExploitDB: EDB-4998 · Jan 28, 2008
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0868 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 8,914 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

secunia.com / advisories/28688
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/40012
exploit-db.com / exploits/4998
securityfocus.com / bid/27479
Exploit
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/0318