IrfanView .IFF Format Handling Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:23692

Info

IrfanView .IFF Format Handling Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 23692
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2007-2363
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Apr 27 2007 12:00AM
Updated: Nov 04 2008 01:55AM
Credit: Marsu is credited with the discovery of this issue.
Vulnerable: IrfanView IrfanView 3.99
IrfanView IrfanView 3.98
IrfanView IrfanView 3.97
IrfanView IrfanView 4.00
IrfanView IrfanView 3.99
IrfanView IrfanView 3.95
Not Vulnerable: IrfanView IrfanView 4.01

Discussion

IrfanView .IFF Format Handling Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

IrfanView is prone to a remote buffer-overflow vulnerability because the software fails to properly bounds-check user-supplied input before copying it to an insufficiently sized memory buffer.

Successful exploits allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary machine code in the context of the vulnerable application. Failed exploit attempts likely result in denial-of-service conditions.

IrfanView 4.00 is vulnerable; other versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

IrfanView .IFF Format Handling Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

To exploit this issue, an attacker must entice an unsuspecting user to view a maliciously crafted IFF file.

Core Security Technologies has developed a working commercial exploit for its CORE IMPACT product. This exploit is not otherwise publicly available or known to be circulating in the wild.

The following example exploit is available:

Solution / Fix

IrfanView .IFF Format Handling Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released an update to address this issue. Please see the references for more information.


IrfanView IrfanView 3.95

IrfanView IrfanView 4.00

IrfanView IrfanView 3.99

IrfanView IrfanView 3.97

IrfanView IrfanView 3.98

IrfanView IrfanView 3.99

References

IrfanView .IFF Format Handling Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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