CVE-2012-5904
Heap-based buffer overflow in IrfanView before 4.33 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted RLE compressed bitmap file such as a DIB, RLE, or BMP image.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (5.73%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in IrfanView before 4.33 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted RLE compressed bitmap file such as a DIB, RLE, or BMP image.
- CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 5.73% probability · 93th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- irfanview/irfanview
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 5.7% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://osvdb.org/80716
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47333Vendor Advisory
- http://www.irfanview.com/history_old.htm
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52806
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74452
- http://osvdb.org/80716
- http://secunia.com/advisories/47333Vendor Advisory
- http://www.irfanview.com/history_old.htm
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/52806
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74452
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.