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CVE-2017-15242

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.8 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.5% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-10-11 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-119

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: 4.44
• IrfanView Pdf: 4.43

References

• https://github.com/wlinzi/security_advisories/tree/master/CVE-2017-15242
• https://github.com/wlinzi/security_advisories/tree/master/CVE-2017-15242

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