CVE-2006-4374 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

IrfanView 3.98 (with plugins) allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted ANI image file, possibly due to a buffer overflow.

Published: 2006-08-26

Score: 2.6 Low

EPSS: 4.0% Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:irfanview:irfanview:3.98:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2006-4362	IrfanView 3.98 (with plugins) allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted ANI image file, possibly due to a buffer overflow.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03955.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/1457
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/442876/100/200/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/19452
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/28360

History

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Subscriptions

Irfanview Irfanview

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-08-26T01:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T19:06:07.584Z

Reserved: 2006-08-25T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-4374

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-08-26T21:04:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2006-4374

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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