National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-5233
Original release date:10/25/2012
Last revised:10/26/2012
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Heap-based buffer overflow in IrfanView before 4.32 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted "Rows Per Strip" and "Samples Per Pixel" values in a TIFF image file.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
8.6
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Access Complexity: Medium
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows disruption of serviceUnknown
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External Source: XF
Name: irfanview-tiff-bo(71891)
External Source: MISC
Name: http://www.protekresearchlab.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=30&Itemid=30
External Source: OSVDB
Name: 77957
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.irfanview.com/history_old.htm
External Source: EXPLOIT-DB
Name: 18257
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 47065
Type: Advisory