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CVE-2022-36947

Unsafe Parsing of a PNG tRNS chunk in FastStone Image Viewer through 7.5 results in a stack...

9.8 Critical

Unsafe Parsing of a PNG tRNS chunk in FastStone Image Viewer through 7.5 results in a stack buffer overflow.

Attack profile

How easy it is to exploit

Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges needed
None
User interaction
None

What an attacker can affect

Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

Exploit likelihood

3.03%Up 2.1 points since Aug 19, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 9.8

Unsafe Parsing of a PNG tRNS chunk in FastStone Image Viewer through 7.5 results in a stack buffer overflow.

Record
CVE-2022-36947
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-787
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Unsafe Parsing of a PNG tRNS chunk in FastStone Image Viewer through 7.5 results in a stack buffer overflow.

Record
CVE-2022-36947
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2022-39604 No score

Unsafe Parsing of a PNG tRNS chunk in FastStone Image Viewer through 7.5 results in a stack buffer overflow.

Record
EUVD-2022-39604
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-79mp-9mjj-qfv3 9.8

Unsafe Parsing of a PNG tRNS chunk in FastStone Image Viewer through 7.5 results in a stack...

Unsafe Parsing of a PNG tRNS chunk in FastStone Image Viewer through 7.5 results in a stack buffer overflow.

Record
GHSA-79mp-9mjj-qfv3
CVSS 3.1
9.8 CriticalCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weakness
CWE-787
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.

In short

CVE-2022-36947 is a critical vulnerability (CVSS 9.8) in Faststone Image Viewer, published August 18, 2022. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 3.03%, the 87th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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