CVE-2017-10731 describes a critical vulnerability in IrfanView version 4.44 (32bit) that allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service. This is achieved by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted .rle file, triggering a memory corruption issue. With a CVSS score of 7.8 (HIGH), the vulnerability requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L) but can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability (C:H/I:H/A:H). Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit or ExploitDB, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.44CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:irfanview:irfanview:4.44:*:*:*:*:*:x86:* |
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.
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