CVE-2017-9878 is a critical vulnerability affecting IrfanView version 4.44 (32bit) when utilizing the FPX Plugin 4.46. This flaw allows attackers to achieve arbitrary code execution or trigger a denial of service by enticing a user to open a specially crafted .fpx file, stemming from a read access violation within the FPX plugin. Rated with a CVSS score of 7.8 (High), the vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L), but has low attack complexity (AC:L). Successful exploitation could lead to high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, and no public exploit code is available on platforms like Metasploit or ExploitDB. The vulnerability has garnered minimal community discussion and media coverage, indicating a low level of public awareness.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.44CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:irfanview:irfanview:4.44:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
4.46CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:irfanview:fpx:4.46:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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.