CVE-1999-1112 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Buffer overflow in IrfanView32 3.07 and earlier allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long string after the "8BPS" image type in a Photo Shop image header.

Published: 2001-09-12

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 3.8% Low

KEV: No

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:irfanview:irfanview:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-1999-1093	Buffer overflow in IrfanView32 3.07 and earlier allows attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a long string after the "8BPS" image type in a Photo Shop image header.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.03849.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://stud4.tuwien.ac.at/~e9227474/main2.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/34066
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/781
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3549

History

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Subscriptions

Irfanview Irfanview

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-09-12T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:02:53.745Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-1112

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1999-11-09T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-06-16T21:49:44.740

Link: CVE-1999-1112

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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