Title : IrfanView BMP Image Processing Memory Corruption and Code Execution Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-1284 CVE ID : CVE-2007-1948
Rated as : Critical
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2007-04-06
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in IrfanView, which could be exploited by remote attackers to take complete control of an affected system. This issue is due to a memory corruption error when rendering a malformed BMP image, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted image.
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