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CVE-1999-1112

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 3.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 1999-11-09 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

• IrfanView: through 3.0.7

References

• 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
• 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

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