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CVE-2012-0897

70
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-0897 describes a stack-based buffer overflow vulnerability in the JPEG2000 plugin of IrfanView PlugIns prior to version 4.33. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by crafting a malicious JPEG2000 (JP2) file with a specially designed Quantization Default (QCD) marker segment. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 6.8, indicating a medium severity, and is easily exploitable over a network with moderate attack complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While not on the KEV catalog, a Metasploit module exists for this vulnerability, and it has garnered some community discussion and media coverage, suggesting awareness and the availability of exploit code.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 4.32CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:irfanview:irfanview:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.70CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:irfanview:irfanview:1.70:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.75CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:irfanview:irfanview:1.75:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.80CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:irfanview:irfanview:1.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.85CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:irfanview:irfanview:1.85:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.8MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
52.66%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
98.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-24
Model: v2026.06.15
Metasploit: Irfanview JPEG2000 jp2 Stack Buffer Overflow · Jan 16, 2012
ExploitDB: EDB-19519 · Jul 1, 2012
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.5266 is in the 99th percentile among its peer group of 19,954 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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

Media Mentions

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

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

osvdb.org / 78333
secunia.com / advisories/47360
Vendor Advisory
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/72398
irfanview.com / history_old.htm
securityfocus.com / bid/51426
securitytracker.com / id/1032529
securitytracker.com / id/1032530