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>> IrfanView FlashPix PlugIn FPX File Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
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Title : IrfanView FlashPix PlugIn FPX File Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-0318
CVE ID : CVE-2008-0493
Rated as : Critical 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-01-29
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A vulnerability has been identified in IrfanView FlashPix PlugIn, which could be exploited by attackers to cause a denial of service or take complete control of an affected system. This issue is caused by a buffer overflow error in the "Fpx.dll" library when processing malformed FPX files, which could be exploited by attackers to crash a vulnerable application or execute arbitrary commands by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted FPX file.
Affected Products
IrfanView FPX PlugIn version 3.98 (3.9.8.0) and prior
Solution
VUPEN Security is not aware of any vendor-supplied patch.
References
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0318
Credits
Vulnerability reported by Marsu.
ChangeLog
2008-01-29 : Initial release
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