What is CVE-2017-9916?

CVE-2017-9916 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 2017-07-05.

How severe is CVE-2017-9916?

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

Buffer overflow in Irfanview

CVE-2017-9916

IrfanView version 4.44 (32bit) with TOOLS Plugin 4.50 might allow attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted file, related to "Data from Faulting Address controls Branch Selection starting at ntdll_77df0000!RtlFreeHandle+0x00000000000001b6."

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

Published 2017-07-05 · 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 (39.7th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Very low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days; routine patching cadence is appropriate. 40th percentile — 39.7% 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
Irfanview Tools — versions 4.50

Weakness classification (CWE)

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

References

github.com/wlinzi/security_advisories/tree/master/CVE-2017-9916 (Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-9916?: CVE-2017-9916 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 2017-07-05.
How severe is CVE-2017-9916?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.