CVE-2007-1948
highpriority · attend · 50EPSS 0.083 · 95 %ileexploit · functionalEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
cvss
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode
weaknesses
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exploits (1)
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- EDB-29819IrfanView 3.99 - Multiple .BMP Denial of Service Vulnerabilitiesfunctional · exploit_db
affected products (2)
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also known as (2)
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sources
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references (10)
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://ifsec.blogspot.com/2007/04/several-windows-image-viewers.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://osvdb.org/41554enisa_euvd
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2558enisa_euvd
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464726/100/0/threadedenisa_euvd
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1284enisa_euvd
- http://ifsec.blogspot.com/2007/04/several-windows-image-viewers.htmlExploitVendor Advisorynvd
- http://osvdb.org/41554nvd
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2558nvd
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