CVE-2017-15255 describes a vulnerability in IrfanView version 4.44 (32bit) when using PDF plugin version 4.43, where a crafted PDF file can lead to a denial of service or potentially other unspecified impacts due to a read access violation. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring user interaction, but potentially leading to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.43CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:irfanview:pdf:4.43:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.