Buffer overflow in Irfanview Flashpix Plugin

CVE-2012-0278

Heap-based buffer overflow in the FlashPix PlugIn before 4.3.4.0 for IrfanView might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .fpx file containing a crafted FlashPix image that is not properly handled during decompression.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

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CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 9.3 (High). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.101 (95.5th percentile), scored .

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 95th percentile — 95.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2012-0278: held from 0.101 to 0.101.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.101 · newest: 0.101 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

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