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CVE-2017-15261

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-15261 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in IrfanView version 4.44 (32bit) when processing crafted PDF files with the PDF plugin version 4.43, potentially due to stack corruption. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) requires user interaction to open a malicious file and could lead to significant impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code, or significant community discussion surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 3.0

7.8HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
HIGH
Integrity Impact
HIGH
Availability Impact
HIGH
Exploitability Score
1.8
Impact Score
5.9
CvssVersion
3.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.50%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
71.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0150 is in the 70th percentile among its peer group of 11,621 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

Media 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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

github.com / wlinzi/security_advisories/tree/master/CVE-2017-15261
Third Party Advisory