Cloud Vulnerability DB
A community-led vulnerabilities database
Vulnerability DatabaseCVE-2020-23551
CVE-2020-23551:
IrfanView vulnerability analysis and mitigation
Overview
IrfanView 4.54 contains a user-mode write access violation vulnerability starting at FORMATS!GetPlugInInfo+0x0000000000007e30. The vulnerability affects the DDS file handling functionality in the Formats.dll plugin (IrfanView Plugins, Research).
Technical details
The vulnerability occurs in the Formats.dll plugin when processing DDS files. Specifically, the issue manifests at memory location FORMATS!GetPlugInInfo+0x7e30: 1003cac0 89448ffc mov dword ptr [edi+ecx*4-4], eax ds:002b:0af2d000=????????, resulting in a user-mode write access violation (Research).
Impact
When successfully exploited, this vulnerability can lead to user-mode write access violations, which could potentially cause application crashes or instability when processing crafted DDS files (Research).
Mitigation and workarounds
The vendor has fixed this vulnerability in an updated version of the Formats plugin. Users are advised to update their IrfanView plugins to the latest version available from the official website (IrfanView Plugins).
Additional resources
Source: This report was generated using AI
Related IrfanView vulnerabilities:
Free Vulnerability Assessment
Benchmark your Cloud Security Posture
Evaluate your cloud security practices across 9 security domains to benchmark your risk level and identify gaps in your defenses.
Additional Wiz resources
Get a personalized demo
Ready to see Wiz in action?
"Best User Experience I have ever seen, provides full visibility to cloud workloads."
David EstlickCISO
"Wiz provides a single pane of glass to see what is going on in our cloud environments."
Adam FletcherChief Security Officer
"We know that if Wiz identifies something as critical, it actually is."
Greg PoniatowskiHead of Threat and Vulnerability Management