CVE-2017-8785
FastStone Image Viewer 6.2 has a "Data from Faulting Address may be used as a return value" issue...
FastStone Image Viewer 6.2 has a "Data from Faulting Address may be used as a return value" issue. This issue can be triggered by a malformed JPEG 2000 file that is mishandled by FSViewer.exe. Attackers could exploit this issue for DoS (Access Violation) or possibly unspecified other impact.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- High
- Integrity
- High
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
FastStone Image Viewer 6.2 has a "Data from Faulting Address may be used as a return value" issue. This issue can be triggered by a malformed JPEG 2000 file that is mishandled by FSViewer.exe. Attackers could exploit this issue for DoS (Access Violation) or possibly unspecified other impact.
- Record
CVE-2017-8785- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 6.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
FastStone Image Viewer 6.2 has a "Data from Faulting Address may be used as a return value" issue. This issue can be triggered by a malformed JPEG 2000 file that is mishandled by FSViewer.exe. Attackers could exploit this issue for DoS (Access Violation) or possibly unspecified other impact.
- Record
CVE-2017-8785- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-17728 No score
FastStone Image Viewer 6.2 has a "Data from Faulting Address may be used as a return value" issue. This issue can be triggered by a malformed JPEG 2000 file that is mishandled by FSViewer.exe. Attackers could exploit this issue for DoS (Access Violation) or possibly unspecified other impact.
- Record
EUVD-2017-17728- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-622v-p4vm-qvmm
FastStone Image Viewer 6.2 has a "Data from Faulting Address may be used as a return value" issue...
FastStone Image Viewer 6.2 has a "Data from Faulting Address may be used as a return value" issue. This issue can be triggered by a malformed JPEG 2000 file that is mishandled by FSViewer.exe. Attackers could exploit this issue for DoS (Access Violation) or possibly unspecified other impact.
- Record
GHSA-622v-p4vm-qvmm- CVSS 3.0
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-119
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-8785 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Faststone Image Viewer, published July 5, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.77%, the 55th percentile. No source names a fixed version.