CVE-2021-26237
FastStone Image Viewer <= 7.5 is affected by a user mode write access violation at 0x00402d7d,...
FastStone Image Viewer <= 7.5 is affected by a user mode write access violation at 0x00402d7d, 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.
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 <= 7.5 is affected by a user mode write access violation at 0x00402d7d, 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.
- Record
CVE-2021-26237- CVSS 3.1
- 7.8 High
CVSS:3.1/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-787
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
FastStone Image Viewer <= 7.5 is affected by a user mode write access violation at 0x00402d7d, 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.
- Record
CVE-2021-26237- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2021-13054 No score
FastStone Image Viewer <= 7.5 is affected by a user mode write access violation at 0x00402d7d, 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.
- Record
EUVD-2021-13054- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-g3q2-r548-p52f No score
FastStone Image Viewer <= 7.5 is affected by a user mode write access violation at 0x00402d7d,...
FastStone Image Viewer <= 7.5 is affected by a user mode write access violation at 0x00402d7d, 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.
- Record
GHSA-g3q2-r548-p52f- Weakness
- CWE-787
- 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-2021-26237 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 7.8) in Faststone Image Viewer, published March 18, 2021. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 2.73%, the 86th percentile. No source names a fixed version.