Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Apr 11, 2007· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2007-1948

Description

Buffer overflow in IrfanView 3.99 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via the (1) xoffset or (2) yoffset RLE command, or (3) large non-RLE encoded blocks in a crafted BMP image, as demonstrated by rle8of3.bmp and rle8of4.bmp.

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Affected products

IrfanView/Irfanview2 versions
cpe:2.3:a:irfanview:irfanview:3.99:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:irfanview:irfanview:3.99:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)range: = 3.99

Patches

Vulnerability mechanics

References

ifsec.blogspot.com/2007/04/several-windows-image-viewers.htmlnvdExploitVendor Advisory
osvdb.org/41554nvd
securityreason.com/securityalert/2558nvd
www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464726/100/0/threadednvd
www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1284nvd

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