CVE-2017-15255

moderate-risk
Published 2017-10-11

IrfanView version 4.44 (32bit) with PDF plugin version 4.43 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted .pdf file, related to a "Read Access Violation starting at PDF!xmlParserInputRead+0x00000000001601b0."

Do I need to act?

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0.27% chance of exploitation
EPSS score — low exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
7
CVSS 7.8/10 High
LOCAL / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Pdf

Affected Vendors

Irfanview

References (2)

Third Party Advisory https://github.com/wlinzi/security_advisories/tree/master/CVE-2017-15255
Third Party Advisory https://github.com/wlinzi/security_advisories/tree/master/CVE-2017-15255
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 1/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal