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CVE-2017-9884

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FAUCET Score

CVE-2017-9884 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in IrfanView version 4.44 (32bit) when processing crafted .fpx files via its FPX Plugin 4.46. This high-severity vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) can be triggered locally through user interaction, potentially leading to a complete system compromise or other unspecified impacts. While the vulnerability is significant, there is currently no known active exploitation, public exploit code (e.g., Metasploit, ExploitDB), or notable community discussion or media coverage surrounding it.

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
1.71%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
74.9%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0171 is in the 74th percentile among its peer group of 11,617 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-2017-9884
Third Party Advisory
irfanview.com / plugins.htm
Vendor Advisory