FKIE_CVE-2007-1948

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-04-11 01:19 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:38
Severity
Summary
Buffer overflow in IrfanView 3.99 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via the (1) xoffset or (2) yoffset RLE command, or (3) large non-RLE encoded blocks in a crafted BMP image, as demonstrated by rle8of3.bmp and rle8of4.bmp.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://ifsec.blogspot.com/2007/04/several-windows-image-viewers.htmlExploit, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://osvdb.org/41554
cve@mitre.orghttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/2558
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464726/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1284
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://ifsec.blogspot.com/2007/04/several-windows-image-viewers.htmlExploit, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/41554
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2558
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464726/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1284
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
irfanview irfanview 3.99
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T22:38:37.480",
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