CVE-2021-27224
Published: 17 February 2021
Summary
CVE-2021-27224 is a high-severity Out-of-bounds Write (CWE-787) vulnerability in Irfanview Wpg. Its CVSS base score is 7.5 (High).
Operationally, ranked in the top 8.9% of CVEs by exploit likelihood; it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog; a public proof-of-concept is referenced.
EU & UK References
- 🇪🇺 ENISA EUVD: EUVD-2021-13989
Vulnerability details
The WPG plugin before 3.1.0.0 for IrfanView 4.57 has a user-mode write access violation starting at WPG+0x0000000000012ec6, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.
- CWE(s)
Related Threats
No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.
Affected Assets
Mitigating Controls
Likely Mitigating Controls AI
Per-CVE control mapping for this CVE has not run yet; the list below is derived from the weakness types (CWEs) cited in the NVD entry.
Out-of-bounds writes that corrupt control flow or inject shellcode are rendered non-executable by the same memory protections.