CVE-2007-1948

IrfanView 3.99 - Buffer Overflow via Crafted BMP Image

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2007-1948. PoCs published by Ivan Fratric.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit generates malformed BMP files to trigger denial-of-service conditions in IrfanView by exploiting integer overflows and palette size mismanagement. The PoC creates multiple BMP files with crafted dimensions, palette sizes, and RLE encoding to demonstrate the vulnerabilities.

Description

Buffer overflow in IrfanView 3.99 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via the (1) xoffset or (2) yoffset RLE command, or (3) large non-RLE encoded blocks in a crafted BMP image, as demonstrated by rle8of3.bmp and rle8of4.bmp.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Ivan Fratric · cdoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/29819

This exploit generates malformed BMP files to trigger denial-of-service conditions in IrfanView by exploiting integer overflows and palette size mismanagement. The PoC creates multiple BMP files with crafted dimensions, palette sizes, and RLE encoding to demonstrate the vulnerabilities.

Classification
Working Poc 95%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Moderate
Reliability
Reliable
Target: IrfanView 3.99
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Ability to deliver malformed BMP files to the target system
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464726/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1284
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_sreason
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2558
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/41554

Scores

EPSS 0.0826
EPSS Percentile 94.2%

Details

Status published
Products (1)
irfanview/irfanview 3.99
Published Apr 11, 2007
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026