CVE-2017-15256 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in IrfanView version 4.44 (32bit) when processing crafted PDF files with its PDF plugin version 4.43. An attacker could exploit this by tricking a user into opening a malicious PDF, potentially leading to a crash or other unspecified impacts due to an issue in the PDF!xmlListWalk function. With a CVSS v3 score of 7.8 (High), this vulnerability requires user interaction and local access, but could result in high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Currently, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
4.43CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:irfanview:pdf:4.43:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
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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