CVE-2018-15816 describes a Read Access Violation vulnerability in FastStone Image Viewer version 6.5, triggered by processing a specially crafted image file. This medium-severity vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) requires user interaction, as an attacker would need to trick a victim into opening the malicious file, leading to a potential denial of service (availability impact). There is 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
6.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:faststone:image_viewer:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
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Remediation records are not available for this CVE.