CVE-2007-1948 — 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

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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

Published Apr 11, 2007

9.3

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 8.26%

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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

8.26% 0.08256

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.08256

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (11 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	8.26% (0.08256)	94.74th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	8.26% (0.08256)	94.17th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	6.00% (0.05999)	89.99th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.52% (0.00518)	77.54th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jul 15, 2024	0.52% (0.00518)	76.95th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 13, 2024	0.53% (0.00530)	76.37th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Feb 8, 2024	0.56% (0.00557)	76.92th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.56% (0.00555)	74.14th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	2.07% (0.02071)	79.89th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	2.07% (0.02071)	77.96th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	2.07% (0.02071)	56.65th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (5)

http://ifsec.blogspot.com/2007/04/several-windows-image-viewers.html
x_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory
http://osvdb.org/41554
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2558
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464726/100/0/threaded
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1284
vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN

Link	Providers	Tags
http://ifsec.blogspot.com/2007/04/several-windows-image-viewers.html		x_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory
http://osvdb.org/41554		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2558		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/464726/100/0/threaded		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1284		vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Apr 11, 2007

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Apr 10, 2007

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CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

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Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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