What is CVE-2018-11702?

CVE-2018-11702 is a high-severity vulnerability in Faststone Image Viewer, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-06-20.

How severe is CVE-2018-11702?

High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Faststone Image Viewer

CVE-2018-11702

FastStone Image Viewer 6.2 has a User Mode Write AV at 0x00578cb3, triggered when the user opens a malformed JPEG file that is mishandled by FSViewer.exe. Attackers could exploit this issue for DoS (Access Violation) or possibly unspecified other impact.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.008 (52.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Faststone Image_viewer — versions 6.2
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-119 — Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-11702?: CVE-2018-11702 is a high-severity vulnerability in Faststone Image Viewer, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2018-06-20.
How severe is CVE-2018-11702?: High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.