IrfanView 4.33 Format PlugIn ECW Decompression Heap Overflow

vendor:

IrfanView

by:

Francis Provencher

7,5

CVSS

HIGH

Heap-based buffer overflow

119

CWE

Product Name: IrfanView

Affected Version From: 4.33

Affected Version To: 4.33

Patch Exists: Yes

Related CWE: N/A

CPE: a:irfan_skiljan:irfanview:4.33

Metasploit: N/A

Other Scripts: N/A

Tags: N/A

CVSS Metrics: N/A

Nuclei References: N/A

Nuclei Metadata: N/A

Platforms Tested: Windows

2012

IrfanView 4.33 Format PlugIn ECW Decompression Heap Overflow

The vulnerability is caused due to insufficient validation when decompressing an ECW images and can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted file.

Mitigation:

Update to the latest version of IrfanView

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

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Application:  IrfanView 4.33 Format PlugIn ECW Decompression Heap Overflow

Plateform:   Windows

Exploitation:   Remote code execution

Secunia Number:   SA49204  

{PRL}:   2012-10

Author:   Francis Provencher (Protek Research Lab's)

Website:   http://www.protekresearchlab.com/

Twitter:   @ProtekResearch

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1) Introduction
2) Timeline
3) Technical details
4) PoC


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1) Introduction
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IrfanView is a freeware/shareware image viewer for Microsoft Windows that can view, edit, and convert image files

and play video/audio files. It is noted for its small size, speed, ease of use, and ability to handle a wide variety of graphic

file formats, and has some image creation and painting capabilities. The software was first released in 1996.

IrfanView is free for non-commercial use; commercial use requires paid registration.

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2) Timeline
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2012-05-15 - Vulnerability reported to secunia
2012-05-31 - Coordinated public release of advisory

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3) Technical details
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The vulnerability is caused due to insufficient validation when decompressing an ECW images

and can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted file.

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4) The Code
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http://protekresearchlab.com/exploits/PRL-2012-10.ecw
https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb-bin-sploits/-/raw/main/bin-sploits/19182.ecw