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FastStone Image Viewer EUVDEUVD-2026-110055

| CVE-2026-116463 MEDIUM
Out-of-bounds Read (CWE-125)
2026-10-26 VulDB GHSA-8w68-9h8m-jw4f
5.3
CVSS 4.0 · Vendor: VulDB
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Attack ChainAIDerived

Hypothetical attack flow derived from CVE metadata – not a confirmed exploit chain

  1. Access
    Craft malformed image file
  2. Delivery
    Deliver to victim (email/web/share)
  3. Exploit
    Victim opens file in FastStone
  4. Execution
    Trigger out-of-bounds read in downsampler
  5. Impact
    Disclose adjacent memory or crash viewer

Vulnerability Assessment

Weakness
CWE
ASVS 5.0
V15 - Secure Coding and Architecture Bounds checking, read limits
MITRE ATT&CK

1 technique across 1 tactic: Collection

The technique list with ATT&CK links and the kill-chain view is part of the Basic plan and up.

Exploitation Conditions

Exploitation requires a victim to open an attacker-crafted image file in FastStone Image Viewer (versions up to 8.5); the flaw lives in the Box-Average Downsampler engine (function FUN_0062d96c), so the malicious image must exercise that downsampling path. The CVSS vector's UI:P confirms required user interaction, which is the primary limiting factor - there is no remotely reachable service and no automatic/unattended trigger. No special product configuration is indicated; default installations that open the crafted file are affected. Impact is bounded (low confidentiality/availability), so the realistic outcome is limited memory disclosure or an application crash rather than code execution.

Impact

This is a medium-severity issue (CVSS 4.0 base 5.3) that does not rise to a high real-world priority. The provided CVSS 4.0 vector (AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L) shows low impact across confidentiality, integrity and availability and - critically - requires user interaction (UI:P), meaning a victim must open a crafted image in the viewer; the 'network' attack vector reflects remote delivery of a malicious file rather than a directly remotely-reachable service. The vuln.today decision label is 'this_month', not act_now or emergency, consistent with a non-urgent triage posture. No EPSS score, no CISA KEV listing, and no confirmed public exploit code are present in the input, so there is no signal of active or imminent exploitation. The single intelligence source is VulDB; there is no corroborating NVD, vendor, or CISA enrichment, and the vendor was contacted but did not respond, so no patch is referenced. Bottom line: a low-impact client-side out-of-bounds read in desktop image-viewer software - real but low urgency; treat as routine patch-when-available rather than a priority.

Exploit ScenarioDerived

An attacker crafts a malformed image file that triggers the out-of-bounds read in the Box-Average Downsampler Engine (function FUN_0062d96c) and delivers it to a victim via email, web download, or a shared drive. When the victim opens the file in FastStone Image Viewer (up to 8.5), the flawed downsampling routine reads memory outside the intended buffer, potentially disclosing a small amount of adjacent process memory or crashing the application. Exploitation requires the user to open the malicious file (UI:P); no public exploit code is identified at time of analysis.

This Month Plan within 30 days. Why: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9).
No patch listed yet 0.2% exploitation probability (EPSS)

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AnalysisAIv1 – Oct 26, 2026

Out-of-bounds read in the Box-Average Downsampler engine of FastStone Image Viewer (function FUN_0062d96c) affects versions up to and including 8.5 and can be triggered when a user opens a crafted image file in the application. Exploitation requires the victim to open the malicious file (CVSS 4.0 base score 5.3; assessed CVSS 3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L), and because the trigger is confined to the downsampling path there is no remotely reachable service and no unattended exploitation route. Impact is bounded to partial memory disclosure or an application crash rather than code execution; no public exploit code was identified at the time of analysis, and the vendor was contacted about the disclosure but did not respond.

RemediationAI

No vendor-released patch identified at time of analysis: FastStone was contacted about the disclosure and did not respond, so no fixed version number is published and version 8.5 remains the newest release referenced. Until a fix appears, the practical mitigation is to avoid opening image files from untrusted or unsolicited sources in FastStone Image Viewer, or to pre-process them through a different tool (for example converting or re-encoding to a known-good format) before viewing - with the trade-off that re-encoding may alter metadata and slightly degrade image fidelity. Running the viewer in a sandboxed or low-privilege context limits the consequences of a successful out-of-bounds read, at the cost of extra operational overhead and slower file handling, and removing the default file association for untrusted image types reduces the chance of accidental opening but is inconvenient for routine use. Monitor the VulDB entry at https://vuldb.com/vuln/426360 and https://vuldb.com/cve/CVE-2026-116463 for a vendor update.

Affected VersionsENISA

Image Viewer 8.3
Image Viewer 8.4
Image Viewer 8.2
Image Viewer 8.0
Image Viewer 8.5
Image Viewer 8.1

Affected Packages

euvd image_viewer no fix

Source: OSV (Open Source Vulnerabilities)

Affects your stack

Affects 1 package in euvd

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Technical ContextAI · show details

The flaw is a CWE-125 out-of-bounds read inside the Box-Average Downsampler Engine, a resampling component used when FastStone Image Viewer scales or renders images, with the affected logic located at function FUN_0062d96c in the shipped binary. Box-average downsampling aggregates blocks of source pixels, and if the image's declared dimensions, stride or channel layout are inconsistent with the allocated buffer, the read can walk past the end of the pixel data. The available sources do not describe the exact malformed-image condition that reaches the vulnerable code path; the finding is reported as a binary-level analysis result (VulDB entry 426360) with tags for buffer overflow and information disclosure, and the CWE classification indicates the read is bounded to adjacent memory rather than attacker-controlled memory corruption. The CPE cpe:2.3:a:faststone:image_viewer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* covers all builds through 8.5, so no specific configuration or edition is distinguished in the evidence.

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Severity by source

Vendor (VulDB) PRIMARY 5.3 MEDIUM
CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
vuln.today AI 5.4 MEDIUM

Malicious file is delivered remotely (AV:N) but the victim must open it (UI:R); an out-of-bounds read yields limited info disclosure (C:L) and possible crash (A:L), with no integrity impact (I:N).

3.1 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:L
4.0 AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:L/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Primary rating from Vendor (VulDB).

CVSS VectorVendor: VulDB

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Attack Requirements
None
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
Passive
Vulnerable system: Confidentiality
Low
Vulnerable system: Integrity
Low
Vulnerable system: Availability
Low
Subsequent system: Confidentiality
None
Subsequent system: Integrity
None
Subsequent system: Availability
None

DescriptionCVE.org

A vulnerability was identified in FastStone Image Viewer up to 8.5. Affected is the function FUN_0062d96c of the component Box-Average Downsampler Engine. The manipulation leads to out-of-bounds read. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. The vendor was contacted early about this disclosure but did not respond in any way.

Threat Intelligence Overview

EPSS Score
0.2%
Top 86% exploitable
Prevalence
Low
popular Windows desktop freeware image viewer, limited enterprise/production footprint
Social Media
1
Sightings
Data Quality
4 sources
Confidence: Medium

How this decision was reached

The engine reads each signal below and applies a fixed list of rules from top to bottom. The first rule that matches sets the recommended action – like a statement, every line is shown.

SignalValue
Severity MEDIUM
CISA KEV No
Public POC No
EPSS 0.2%
Patch available No
Active threat No
Deciding rule
MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9)
What every action level means
Emergency Immediate action required. Criteria: CRITICAL + in CISA KEV (actively exploited) without patch, OR CRITICAL + EPSS > 30% without patch, OR CRITICAL + active threat signals without patch.
Act Now Prioritize within 24-48h. Criteria: in KEV with patch available, OR CRITICAL + public POC, OR HIGH + EPSS > 10%, OR CRITICAL + active threat, OR any CRITICAL severity.
This Week Schedule remediation this week. Criteria: HIGH severity (CVSS 7.0-8.9). Patch within normal change window.
This Month Plan within 30 days. Criteria: MEDIUM severity (CVSS 4.0-6.9), lower exploitation probability. Include in regular patch cycle.
Monitor Track and reassess. Criteria: LOW severity (CVSS 0.1-3.9), minimal exploitation risk. No immediate action needed.

SSVC AssessmentENISA

SSVC Decision· derived
Scheduled
Exploitation· derived
None
System Exposure· derived
Open
Automatable· derived
No
Human Impact· derived
Medium

Priority Score

26
Low Medium High Critical
KEV: 0
EPSS: 0
CVSS: +26
PoC: 0
Weaponized: 0
Threat intel: 0
Gov advisory: 0

Attack Technique

A buffer overflow occurs when a program writes more data to a memory buffer than it was allocated to hold, causing the excess data to spill into adjacent memory regions.

Information disclosure occurs when an application unintentionally exposes sensitive data that aids attackers in reconnaissance or directly compromises security.

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