MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2012-0025

Flashpix Plugin vulnerability

CVSS
6.8
EPSS
6.4%
EPSS pct
93th
Exploited
No known
Double free vulnerability in the Free_All_Memory function in jpeg/dectile.c in libfpx before 1.3.1-1, as used in the FlashPix PlugIn 4.2.2.0 for IrfanView, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted FPX image.
Affected vendor
Irfanview
Affected product
Flashpix Plugin
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2012-11-02

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 6.4% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 93% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2012-0025

  • Confirm whether Irfanview Flashpix Plugin is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2012-0025.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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