Cyber Resilience

CVE-2021-29365

Medium

Published: 28 September 2021

Published
28 September 2021
Modified
21 November 2024
KEV Added
Patch
CVSS Score v3.1 5.5 CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
EPSS Score 0.0016 37.4th percentile
Risk Priority 11 60% EPSS · 20% KEV · 20% CVSS

Summary

CVE-2021-29365 is a medium-severity Infinite Loop (CWE-835) vulnerability in Irfanview Irfanview. Its CVSS base score is 5.5 (Medium).

Operationally, ranked at the 37.4th percentile by exploit likelihood (below the median); it is not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.

EU & UK References

Vulnerability details

Irfanview 4.57 is affected by an infinite loop when processing a crafted BMP file in the EFFECTS!AutoCrop_W component. This can cause a denial of service (DOS).

CWE(s)

Related Threats

No named actor attribution yet. ATT&CK technique mapping in progress for this CVE.

Affected Assets

irfanview
irfanview
4.57

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.

addresses: CWE-835

Enables transfer to alternate site if an infinite loop at the primary renders processing unavailable.

addresses: CWE-835

Detects and mitigates infinite loops that produce sustained resource consumption.

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