CVE-2009-2118 — Integer overflow in IrfanView 4.23, when the resampling or screen fitting option is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TIFF 1 BPP image, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow

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Integer overflow in IrfanView 4.23, when the resampling or screen fitting option is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TIFF 1 BPP image, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow

Published Jun 18, 2009

6.8

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.51%

Description

Integer overflow in IrfanView 4.23, when the resampling or screen fitting option is enabled, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted TIFF 1 BPP image, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.51% 0.02512

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

EPSS probability 0.02512

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 (9 key points)

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Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.51% (0.02512)	84.21th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.51% (0.02512)	82.67th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	2.62% (0.02621)	84.65th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	3.23% (0.03225)	91.58th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Nov 5, 2023	3.23% (0.03225)	90.13th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	2.89% (0.02887)	89.18th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	6.31% (0.06309)	90.90th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	6.31% (0.06309)	90.06th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	6.31% (0.06309)	77.91th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-94

Code Injection

References (4)

http://osvdb.org/55150
vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://secunia.com/advisories/35359
third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.irfanview.com/main_history.htm
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35423
vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch

Link	Providers	Tags
http://osvdb.org/55150		vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://secunia.com/advisories/35359		third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
http://www.irfanview.com/main_history.htm		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35423		vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDPatch

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jun 18, 2009

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Jun 18, 2009

Link CVE-2009-2118

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2009-2118

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2009-2118