CVE-2020-23546

IrfanView 4.54 allows attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly other unspecified impacts via a crafted XBM file, related to a "Data from Faulting Address is used as one or more arguments in a subsequent Function Call starting at FORMATS!ReadMosaic+0x0000000000000981.

CVSS v3 7.8 HIGH
CVSS v2.0 6.8 MEDIUM

7.8^/10

CVSS v3 : HIGH

Vector :

Exploitability : 1.8 / Impact : 5.9

Attack Vector LOCAL

Attack Complexity LOW

Privileges Required NONE

User Interaction REQUIRED

Confidentiality Impact HIGH

Integrity Impact HIGH

Availability Impact HIGH

Scope UNCHANGED

6.8^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

Vector : AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability : 8.6 / Impact : 6.4

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity MEDIUM

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact PARTIAL

References

Link	Resource
https://github.com/nhiephon/Research/blob/master/README.md	Third Party Advisory
https://www.irfanview.com/plugins.htm	Vendor Advisory
https://github.com/nhiephon/Research/blob/master/README.md	Third Party Advisory
https://www.irfanview.com/plugins.htm	Vendor Advisory

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:irfanview:irfanview:4.54:*:*:*:*:*:x86:*

History

09 Jul 2026, 00:16

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~{'url': 'http://irfanview.com', 'tags': ['Product'], 'source': 'af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108'}~~

21 Nov 2024, 05:13

Type	Values Removed	Values Added
References	~~() http://irfanview.com - Product~~	() http://irfanview.com - Product
References	~~() https://github.com/nhiephon/Research/blob/master/README.md - Third Party Advisory~~	() https://github.com/nhiephon/Research/blob/master/README.md - Third Party Advisory
References	~~() https://www.irfanview.com/plugins.htm - Vendor Advisory~~	() https://www.irfanview.com/plugins.htm - Vendor Advisory

Information

Published : 2021-10-28 22:15

Updated : 2026-07-09 00:16

NVD link : CVE-2020-23546

Mitre link : CVE-2020-23546

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2020-23546

JSON object : View

Products Affected

irfanview

irfanview

CWE

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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