CVE-2017-8785 describes a "Data from Faulting Address may be used as a return value" vulnerability in FastStone Image Viewer 6.2. This flaw allows an attacker to trigger a denial of service (DoS) by crafting a malicious JPEG 2000 file, which the FSViewer.exe application mishandles. The vulnerability carries a high CVSS score of 7.8, indicating a significant risk with potential for high impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, requiring user interaction and local access to exploit. There is currently no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
6.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:faststone:image_viewer:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.3 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.