Wed, Oct 17 2007 7:40 Don

IrfanView Palette File Importing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Description:
Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in IrfanView, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when importing palette (*.pal) files. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow by tricking a user into importing a specially crafted palette (*.pal) file.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 4.00. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Update to version 4.10.

Secunia Advisory 

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