CVE-2017-9922 describes a critical vulnerability in IrfanView version 4.44 (32bit) when used with the TOOLS Plugin 4.50. This flaw, categorized as CWE-119 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer), could allow an attacker to trigger a denial of service or execute arbitrary code by enticing a user to open a specially crafted file. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.8 (HIGH), the vulnerability has a low attack complexity and requires user interaction, but successful exploitation could lead to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
4.44CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:irfanview:irfanview:4.44:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* | ||
4.50CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:irfanview:tools:4.50:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
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
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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.