What is CVE-2017-14578?

CVE-2017-14578 is a high-severity vulnerability in Irfanview, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-09-18.

How severe is CVE-2017-14578?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Irfanview

CVE-2017-14578

IrfanView 4.44 - 32bit allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .ani file, related to "Data from Faulting Address controls Branch Selection starting at ntdll_77130000!RtlpCoalesceFreeBlocks+0x00000000000004b4."

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-09-18 · last modified 2026-06-17.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.005 (40.5th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 41st percentile — 40.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.005 · newest: 0.005 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Irfanview — versions 4.44

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

www.irfanview.net/main_history.htm
github.com/wlinzi/security_advisories/tree/master/CVE-2017-14578 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-14578?: CVE-2017-14578 is a high-severity vulnerability in Irfanview, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-09-18.
How severe is CVE-2017-14578?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.