CVE-2021-27362

CRITICAL 9.8CVE-2021-27362 · Published 17/02/2021 · updated 17/06/2026

In short

CVE-2021-27362 is a CRITICAL (CVSS 9.8) vulnerability affecting wpg (irfanview).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 4.5%, higher than 91.5% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 3.1.0.0 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
wpg irfanview	`< 3.1.0.0`	`3.1.0.0`

Description

The WPG plugin before 3.1.0.0 for IrfanView 4.57 has a Read Access Violation on Control Flow starting at WPG!ReadWPG_W+0x0000000000000133, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

References

sec-consult.com/vulnerability-lab/advisory/multiple-vulnerabilities-irfanview-wpg · Exploit
irfanview.com/plugins.htm · Vendor Advisory

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