IrfanView PIC File Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Write Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

Description

IrfanView PIC File Parsing Out-Of-Bounds Write Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of IrfanView. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of PIC files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of user-supplied data, which can result in a write before the start of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current process. Was ZDI-CAN-23974.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.51% · top 56% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

CISA SSVC

Exploitation: none · Automatable: no · Technical impact: total

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.8.

Weakness

• CWE-787: Out-of-bounds Write (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-787 and its CVEs

Affected products

• IrfanView · IrfanView

  • affected 4.67 64bit

References (1)

• ZDI-24-666 (opens in a new tab)x_research-advisory

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2024-5877](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2024-5877.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2024-5877)

Record last updated 22 Nov 2024, 21:55 UTC.