CVE-2011-5233

Exp

Heap-based buffer overflow in IrfanView before 4.32 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted "Rows Per Strip" and "Samples Per Pixel" values in a TIFF image file.

Published: 2012-10-25 Last update: 2026-04-29 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2011-5233 is rated High Exploit Risk (60.4/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 9.32%, 95th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2011-5233

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
18257 exploit_db edb 2011-12-20 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2011-5233

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 39.49% 9.32% -30.17%
2 2026-03-26 46.55% 39.49% -7.07%
3 2026-03-02 — 46.55% —

Full EPSS history (15 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2011-5233

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
4.3 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:N)
No confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:N)
No integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 8.6 2.9 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2011-5233

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2011-5233

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
irfanview irfanview <= 4.30 cpe:2.3:a:irfanview:irfanview:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
irfanview irfanview 3.90 cpe:2.3:a:irfanview:irfanview:3.90:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
irfanview irfanview 3.91 cpe:2.3:a:irfanview:irfanview:3.91:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
irfanview irfanview 3.92 cpe:2.3:a:irfanview:irfanview:3.92:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
irfanview irfanview 3.95 cpe:2.3:a:irfanview:irfanview:3.95:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
irfanview irfanview 3.97 cpe:2.3:a:irfanview:irfanview:3.97:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
irfanview irfanview 3.98 cpe:2.3:a:irfanview:irfanview:3.98:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
irfanview irfanview 3.99 cpe:2.3:a:irfanview:irfanview:3.99:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
irfanview irfanview 4.00 cpe:2.3:a:irfanview:irfanview:4.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
irfanview irfanview 4.10 cpe:2.3:a:irfanview:irfanview:4.10:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
irfanview irfanview 4.20 cpe:2.3:a:irfanview:irfanview:4.20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
irfanview irfanview 4.23 cpe:2.3:a:irfanview:irfanview:4.23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
irfanview irfanview 4.25 cpe:2.3:a:irfanview:irfanview:4.25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
irfanview irfanview 4.27 cpe:2.3:a:irfanview:irfanview:4.27:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
irfanview irfanview 4.28 cpe:2.3:a:irfanview:irfanview:4.28:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2011-5233

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