Buffer overflow in Faststone Image Viewer

CVE-2021-26233

FastStone Image Viewer <= 7.5 is affected by a user mode write access violation near NULL at 0x005bdfcb, triggered when a user opens or views a malformed CUR file that is mishandled by FSViewer.exe. Attackers could exploit this issue for a Denial of Service (DoS) or possibly to achieve code execution.

Vulnerability class: Buffer Overflow

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CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 7.8 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.011 (63.3th percentile), scored .

Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 63rd percentile — 63.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-2021-26233: held from 0.011 to 0.011.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.011 · newest: 0.011 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2021-26233?
CVE-2021-26233 is a high-severity vulnerability in Faststone Image Viewer, classified under Out-of-bounds Write. CVSS score: 7.8/10. Published 2021-03-18.
How severe is CVE-2021-26233?
High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.8 out of 10.