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Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

CVE-2021-46064

High
7.8/10

Summary

IrfanView 4.59 is vulnerable to buffer overflow via the function at address 0x413c70 (in 32bit version of the binary). The vulnerability triggers when the user opens malicious .tiff image.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • HIGH
  • UNCHANGED
  • REQUIRED
  • NONE
  • HIGH
  • HIGH

CWE-120 - Buffer Copy without Checking Size of Input ('Classic Buffer Overflow')

The program copies an input buffer to an output buffer without verifying that the size of the input buffer is less than the size of the output buffer, leading to a buffer overflow.

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