CVE-2012-5904 describes a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in IrfanView versions prior to 4.33. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by enticing a user to open a specially crafted RLE compressed bitmap file, such as a DIB, RLE, or BMP image. With a CVSS score of 6.8, this vulnerability is moderately severe, requiring user interaction (AC:M) but allowing for remote exploitation (AV:N) with potential impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:P/I:P/A:P). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 4.32CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:irfanview:irfanview:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.70CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:irfanview:irfanview:1.70:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.80CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:irfanview:irfanview:1.80:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.85CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:irfanview:irfanview:1.85:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.90CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:irfanview:irfanview:1.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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