What is CVE-2021-27362?

CVE-2021-27362 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Irfanview, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-02-17.

How severe is CVE-2021-27362?

Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.

Out-of-bounds Read in Irfanview

CVE-2021-27362

The WPG plugin before 3.1.0.0 for IrfanView 4.57 has a Read Access Violation on Control Flow starting at WPG!ReadWPG_W+0x0000000000000133, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.045 (90.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Irfanview — versions 4.57
Irfanview Wpg
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-125 — Out-of-bounds Read

References

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

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-27362?: CVE-2021-27362 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Irfanview, classified under Out-of-bounds Read. CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2021-02-17.
How severe is CVE-2021-27362?: Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.