# CVE-2010-1509: IrfanView before 4.27 does not properly handle an unspecified integer variable during processing of PSD images, which allows remote attacker

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2010-05-14 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

IrfanView before 4.27 does not properly handle an unspecified integer variable during processing of PSD images, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted image file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, related to a "sign-extension error."

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## References

- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2010-41
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/511274/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39036
- http://osvdb.org/64627
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6705
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/40104
- http://irfanview.com/main_history.htm
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/58548

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