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CVE-2017-9879

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-9879 describes a critical vulnerability in IrfanView version 4.44 (32bit) when utilizing the FPX Plugin 4.46, allowing for arbitrary code execution or denial of service through a specially crafted .fpx file. This vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity, requiring user interaction, and potentially leading to high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its severity, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
4.44CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:irfanview:irfanview:4.44:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
4.46CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:irfanview:fpx:4.46:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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
1.26%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
66.7%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0126 is in the 64th percentile among its peer group of 11,616 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-2017-9879
Third Party Advisory
irfanview.com / plugins.htm
Vendor Advisory