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CVE-2012-5904

• Severity: medium (CVSS 6.8 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-11-17 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in IrfanView before 4.33 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted RLE compressed bitmap file such as a DIB, RLE, or BMP image.

Affected products

• IrfanView: through 4.32; 1.70, 1.80, 1.85, 1.90, 1.95, 1.97 (+75)

References

• http://osvdb.org/80716
• http://secunia.com/advisories/47333
• http://www.irfanview.com/history_old.htm
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52806
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74452
• http://osvdb.org/80716
• http://secunia.com/advisories/47333
• http://www.irfanview.com/history_old.htm
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52806
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74452

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