What is CVE-2017-15757?

CVE-2017-15757 is a high-severity vulnerability in Irfanview Babacad4image, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-10-22.

How severe is CVE-2017-15757?

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

Buffer overflow in Irfanview Babacad4image

CVE-2017-15757

IrfanView 4.50 - 64bit with BabaCAD4Image plugin version 1.3 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .dwg file, related to "Data from Faulting Address controls Branch Selection starting at BabaCAD4Image!ShowPlugInOptions+0x00000000000029ba."

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.019 (77.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

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

Affected products

Irfanview Babacad4image — versions 1.3
Irfanview — versions 4.50
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-15757?: CVE-2017-15757 is a high-severity vulnerability in Irfanview Babacad4image, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2017-10-22.
How severe is CVE-2017-15757?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.