CVE-2021-29360 is a buffer overflow vulnerability in Irfanview 4.57, specifically within the FORMATS!Read_Utah_RLE+0x37a function, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code through a specially crafted RLE file. This vulnerability has a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a significant risk, as it can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability if a user opens a malicious file. While the attack requires user interaction (UI:R) and local access (AV:L), its low attack complexity (AC:L) makes it a notable threat. Currently, there is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules in Metasploit or Nuclei, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.57CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:irfanview:irfanview:4.57:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.1
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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.
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 records are not available for this CVE.