CVE-2021-29365 Denial of service in n/a
An attacker can cause a denial of service in Irfanview by tricking a user into opening a crafted BMP file that triggers an infinite loop.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2021-29365?
CVE-2021-29365 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Irfanview Irfanview, published on 28 Sep 2021. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Irfanview 4.57 is affected by an infinite loop when processing a crafted BMP file in the EFFECTS!AutoCrop_W component. This can cause a denial of service (DOS).
Weakness: CWE-835
Which versions are affected by CVE-2021-29365?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Irfanview Irfanview.
How do I fix CVE-2021-29365?
No fix has been published for CVE-2021-29365 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2021-29365 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2021-29365 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Irfanview Irfanview
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r649-m379-rrf8.