What is CVE-2023-26974?

CVE-2023-26974 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Irfanview, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-04-04.

How severe is CVE-2023-26974?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Irfanview

CVE-2023-26974

Irfanview v4.62 allows a user-mode write access violation via a crafted JPEG 2000 file starting at JPEG2000+0x0000000000001bf0.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.006 (42.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Irfanview — versions 4.62
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 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2023-26974?: CVE-2023-26974 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Irfanview, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-04-04.
How severe is CVE-2023-26974?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.