CVE-2012-0025

medium

Published 2012-11-02 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.8

Description

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Exploit-DB

EDB-18256 dos windows verified

Francis Provencher · 2011-12-20

IrfanView FlashPix PlugIn - Double-Free

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Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
irfanview	flashpix_plugin	`4.2.2.0`

References

CWEs

CWE-399

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

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