CVE-2017-15258 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

IrfanView version 4.44 (32bit) with PDF plugin version 4.43 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .pdf file, related to a "Read Access Violation starting at PDF!xmlParserInputRead+0x0000000000161a9c."

Published: 2017-10-11

Score: 7.8 High

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

AND

cpe:2.3:a:irfanview:pdf:4.43:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:irfanview:irfanview:4.44:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2017-6718	IrfanView version 4.44 (32bit) with PDF plugin version 4.43 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .pdf file, related to a "Read Access Violation starting at PDF!xmlParserInputRead+0x0000000000161a9c."

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact High

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact High

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00268.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://github.com/wlinzi/security_advisories/tree/master/CVE-2017-15258

History

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Subscriptions

Irfanview Irfanview Pdf

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2017-10-11T18:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T19:50:16.427Z

Reserved: 2017-10-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2017-15258

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-10-11T18:29:04.473

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2017-15258

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-119

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