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CVE-2017-9916
HIGH
Severity by source
AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Primary rating from NVD · only source for this CVE.
CVSS VectorNVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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IrfanView version 4.44 (32bit) with TOOLS Plugin 4.50 might allow attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, related to "Data from Faulting Address controls Branch Selection starting at ntdll_77df0000!RtlFreeHandle+0x00000000000001b6."
AnalysisAI
IrfanView version 4.44 (32bit) with TOOLS Plugin 4.50 might allow attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, related to "Data from Faulting. Rated high severity (CVSS 7.8), this vulnerability is low attack complexity. No vendor patch available.
Technical ContextAI
This vulnerability is classified as Buffer Overflow (CWE-119), which allows attackers to corrupt memory to execute arbitrary code or crash the application. IrfanView version 4.44 (32bit) with TOOLS Plugin 4.50 might allow attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, related to "Data from Faulting Address controls Branch Selection starting at ntdll_77df0000!RtlFreeHandle+0x00000000000001b6." Affected products include: Irfanview Tools. Version information: version 4.44.
RemediationAI
No vendor patch is available at time of analysis. Monitor vendor advisories for updates. Use memory-safe languages or bounds-checking. Enable ASLR, DEP/NX, stack canaries. Use safe string functions.
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Same weakness CWE-119 – Buffer Overflow
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