Faststone · Faststone Image Viewer · CVE-2008-5870
**Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions**
FastStone Image Viewer version 3.6
**Description**
The issue allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an application crash. This can be achieved by using a malformed BMP image with large width and height values.
**Recommendations**
For FastStone Image Viewer version 3.6, consider avoiding the use of BMP images with large width and height values until a patch is available. As a temporary workaround, restrict the opening of potentially malicious image files to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.