CVE-2017-15253: Irfanview

High severity, CVSS 7.8. EPSS: 2.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

IrfanView version 4.44 (32bit) with PDF plugin version 4.43 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service via a crafted .pdf file, related to a "User Mode Write AV starting at PDF!xmlGetGlobalState+0x000000000007dff2."

Affected products

• Irfanview Irfanview: version 4.44 only
• Irfanview PDF: version 4.43 only

Published 2017-10-11. Last modified 2026-06-17.