CVE-2009-0197
HIGH · CVSS 9.3EPSS 4.8%EU EUVD
Integer overflow in the FORMATS Plugin before 4.23 for IrfanView allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a large XPM file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-189
- EPSS score
- 4.8% (92th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-0206)
- Published
- April 9, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-0206 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- irfanview / formats
- irfanview / formats
- irfanview / formats
- irfanview / formats
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34525(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-20/(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.irfanview.com/plugins.htm(Patch)
- http://www.osvdb.org/53323
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/502516/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34402
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0953(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/49717
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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