CVE-2013-3945 describes a critical vulnerability in the MrSID plugin (MrSID.dll) for IrfanView, specifically versions prior to 4.37. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on a user's system by exploiting a malformed nband tag within a MrSID image file. The vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a significant risk due to its local attack vector, low attack complexity, and high potential for confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. While no active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion has been observed, users of affected IrfanView versions should update their MrSID plugin immediately.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
< 4.37CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:extensis:mrsid:*:*:*:*:*:irfanview:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.