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Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2020-23550
CVE-2020-23550:
IrfanView vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
IrfanView 4.54 contains a user-mode write access violation vulnerability starting at FORMATS!GetPlugInInfo+0x0000000000007e82. The vulnerability affects the DDS file handling functionality in the Formats.dll plugin (Research, IrfanView Plugins).
Technical details
The vulnerability occurs in the plugin Formats.dll when reading DDS files. Specifically, the issue manifests at memory location FORMATS!GetPlugInInfo+0x7e82: 1003cb12 8807 mov byte ptr [edi], al ds:002b:0ae3d000=??, which results in a user-mode write access violation (Research).
Impact
The vulnerability could result in user-mode write access violations when processing DDS files, potentially leading to application crashes or other unspecified impacts (Research).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vendor has fixed the error in updated versions of the plugin. Users should update to the latest version of IrfanView and its plugins to mitigate this vulnerability (IrfanView Plugins).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
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