IrfanView Cursor And Icon ANI Format Handling Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:23262

Info

IrfanView Cursor And Icon ANI Format Handling Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 23262
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2007-1867
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Apr 02 2007 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 04 2008 02:35AM
Credit: Marsu is credited with the discovery of this issue.
Vulnerable: IrfanView IrfanView 3.99
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

IrfanView Cursor And Icon ANI Format Handling Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

IrfanView is prone to a buffer-overflow vulnerability because it fails to validate formats. Specifically, the issue occurs when handling malformed ANI cursor or icon files.

An attacker can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of an unsuspecting user. A successful attack can result in the compromise of affected user accounts and computers.

This issue affects version 3.99.

Exploit / POC

IrfanView Cursor And Icon ANI Format Handling Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

To exploit this issue, an attacker must entice an unsuspecting user to access a specially crafted HTML document.

The following exploits are available:

Solution / Fix

IrfanView Cursor And Icon ANI Format Handling Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

References

IrfanView Cursor And Icon ANI Format Handling Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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