What is CVE-2017-15765?

CVE-2017-15765 is a high-severity vulnerability in Irfanview Cadimage, 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-2017-15765?

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

Buffer overflow in Irfanview Cadimage

CVE-2017-15765

IrfanView 4.50 - 64bit with CADImage plugin version 12.0.0.5 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 is used as one or more arguments in a subsequent Function Call starting at CADIMAGE+0x00000000003e9462."

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.010 (58.9th 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 Cadimage — versions 12.0.0.5
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-2017-15765?: CVE-2017-15765 is a high-severity vulnerability in Irfanview Cadimage, 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-2017-15765?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.