CVE-2017-9891 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in IrfanView 4.44 (32bit) when processing crafted .fpx files with the FPX Plugin 4.46. This flaw, categorized as CWE-119 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer), could also lead to unspecified other impacts. With a CVSS v3.0 score of 7.8 (High), successful exploitation requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L), but has low attack complexity (AC:L) and no privileges required (PR:N), potentially leading to high confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this vulnerability.
| Vendor | Product | Version(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 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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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.