CVE-2012-5904

medium
Published 2012-11-17 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.8
VIR risk
6.8

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://secunia.com/advisories/47333

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
irfanviewirfanview{"endIncluding":"4.32"}
irfanviewirfanview1.70
irfanviewirfanview1.80
irfanviewirfanview1.85
irfanviewirfanview1.90
irfanviewirfanview1.95
irfanviewirfanview1.97
irfanviewirfanview1.98
irfanviewirfanview1.98a
irfanviewirfanview1.99
irfanviewirfanview2.00
irfanviewirfanview2.05
irfanviewirfanview2.07
irfanviewirfanview2.10
irfanviewirfanview2.12
irfanviewirfanview2.15
irfanviewirfanview2.17
irfanviewirfanview2.18
irfanviewirfanview2.20
irfanviewirfanview2.22
irfanviewirfanview2.25
irfanviewirfanview2.27
irfanviewirfanview2.30
irfanviewirfanview2.32
irfanviewirfanview2.35
irfanviewirfanview2.37
irfanviewirfanview2.40
irfanviewirfanview2.50
irfanviewirfanview2.52
irfanviewirfanview2.55
irfanviewirfanview2.60
irfanviewirfanview2.63
irfanviewirfanview2.65
irfanviewirfanview2.66
irfanviewirfanview2.68
irfanviewirfanview2.80
irfanviewirfanview2.82
irfanviewirfanview2.83
irfanviewirfanview2.85
irfanviewirfanview2.90
irfanviewirfanview2.92
irfanviewirfanview2.95
irfanviewirfanview2.97
irfanviewirfanview2.98
irfanviewirfanview3.00
irfanviewirfanview3.02
irfanviewirfanview3.05
irfanviewirfanview3.07
irfanviewirfanview3.10
irfanviewirfanview3.12
irfanviewirfanview3.15
irfanviewirfanview3.17
irfanviewirfanview3.20
irfanviewirfanview3.21
irfanviewirfanview3.25
irfanviewirfanview3.30
irfanviewirfanview3.33
irfanviewirfanview3.35
irfanviewirfanview3.36
irfanviewirfanview3.50
irfanviewirfanview3.51
irfanviewirfanview3.60
irfanviewirfanview3.61
irfanviewirfanview3.70
irfanviewirfanview3.75
irfanviewirfanview3.80
irfanviewirfanview3.85
irfanviewirfanview3.90
irfanviewirfanview3.91
irfanviewirfanview3.92
irfanviewirfanview3.95
irfanviewirfanview3.97
irfanviewirfanview3.98
irfanviewirfanview3.99
irfanviewirfanview4.00
irfanviewirfanview4.10
irfanviewirfanview4.20
irfanviewirfanview4.23
irfanviewirfanview4.25
irfanviewirfanview4.27
irfanviewirfanview4.28
irfanviewirfanview4.30

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.