High severity7.8NVD Advisory· Published Oct 11, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026

CVE-2017-15242

Description

IrfanView version 4.44 (32bit) with PDF plugin version 4.43 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a crafted .pdf file, related to a "User Mode Write AV starting at PDF!xmlGetGlobalState+0x0000000000031abe."

Affected products

IrfanView/Irfanview
cpe:2.3:a:irfanview:irfanview:4.44:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*
IrfanView/Pdf
cpe:2.3:a:irfanview:pdf:4.43:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

github.com/wlinzi/security_advisories/tree/master/CVE-2017-15242nvdThird Party Advisory

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