PT-2019-9188 · Faststone · Faststone Image Viewer

Published 2019-03-26 · Updated 2019-03-27 · CVE-2018-15817

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.5

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions FastStone Image Viewer version 6.5

Description The issue concerns a Read Access Violation on Block Data Move, which can be triggered by a crafted image file. This suggests a potential problem with how the software handles image data.

Recommendations For FastStone Image Viewer version 6.5, consider avoiding the use of crafted image files until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict the opening of potentially malicious image files to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-15817

Affected Products

Faststone Image Viewer

References · 3

• 🔥 https://0x00crashes.blogspot.com/2018/08/faststone-image-viewer-65-few-crashes.html · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-15817 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-15817 · Security Note