CVE-2007-1948

Public Exploit

Description

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.

9.3

CVSS

Severity: Critical

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 6.00% Top 10%

Vendor Advisory blogspot.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://ifsec.blogspot.com/2007/04/several-windows-image-viewers.html	exploit vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464726/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1284	vdb entry
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2558	third party advisory
http://osvdb.org/41554	vdb entry

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-1948?: CVE-2007-1948 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-1948?: To fix CVE-2007-1948, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-1948 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2007-1948 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~6% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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