{"id":"CVE-2017-9873","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-2017-9873","generatedAt":"2026-10-28T21:49:33.338Z","title":"IrfanView version 4.44 (32bit) with FPX Plugin 4.46 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a crafted .fpx file, related to a \"Read Access Violation on Control Flow starting at FPX!GetPlugInInfo+0x0000000000012bf2.\"","description":"IrfanView version 4.44 (32bit) with FPX Plugin 4.46 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a crafted .fpx file, related to a \"Read Access Violation on Control Flow starting at FPX!GetPlugInInfo+0x0000000000012bf2.\"","published":"2017-07-05T20:29:04.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-17T01:29:06.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"3.0","score":7.8,"severity":"HIGH","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"},"cwe":["CWE-119"],"affected":["irfanview/irfanview","irfanview/fpx"],"epss":{"score":0.01265,"percentile":0.69586,"date":"2026-10-27","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":0,"verified":false,"firstPublished":null,"source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[]},"verdict":{"level":"high","text":"High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.26%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.irfanview.com/plugins.htm","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://github.com/wlinzi/security_advisories/tree/master/CVE-2017-9873","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.irfanview.com/plugins.htm","tags":["Vendor Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://github.com/wlinzi/security_advisories/tree/master/CVE-2017-9873","tags":["Third Party Advisory"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-9873","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}