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TITLE:
IrfanView Formats Plug-in XPM Integer Overflow Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA34525

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/34525/

DESCRIPTION:
Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in IrfanView's
Formats plug-in, which can be exploited by malicious people to
compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an integer overflow when
processing XPM files with certain dimensions. This can be exploited
to cause a heap-based buffer overflow by e.g. tricking a user into
opening a specially crafted XPM file.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 4.22. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Update to version 4.23.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Stefan Cornelius, Secunia Research.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Secunia Research:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-20/

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