J-Security Center

Title: IrfanView32 Image File Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Severity: HIGH

Description:

IrfanView32, a freeware image viewer, has a problem in the handling of Adobe Photoshop generated jpegs. If a .jpg file is opened for viewing that contains the Adobe Photoshop marker in the header (8BPS) followed by a long string, the program will crash. It is possible to insert code in the string for execution.

Affected Products:

  • Irfan Skiljan IrfanView32 3.0.7

References:

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