What is CVE-2018-15817?

CVE-2018-15817 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Faststone Image Viewer, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-03-26.

How severe is CVE-2018-15817?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Buffer overflow in Faststone Image Viewer

CVE-2018-15817

FastStone Image Viewer 6.5 has a Read Access Violation on Block Data Move starting at image00400000+0x0000000000002d63 via a crafted image file.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

EPSS: 0.008 (53.8th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Faststone Image_viewer — versions 6.5
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 (Exploit, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2018-15817?: CVE-2018-15817 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Faststone Image Viewer, classified under Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-03-26.
How severe is CVE-2018-15817?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.