What is CVE-2017-9917?

CVE-2017-9917 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-2017-9917?

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

Buffer overflow in Irfanview

CVE-2017-9917

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 is used as one or more arguments in a subsequent Function Call starting at ntdll_77df0000!RtlFreeHandle+0x0000000000000218."

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.005 (42.3th 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 — versions 4.44
Irfanview Tools — 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-2017-9917?: CVE-2017-9917 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-2017-9917?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.