PT-2009-1347 · Faststone · Faststone Image Viewer

Sun8Hclf · Published 2009-01-08 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-5870

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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.

Exploit

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5870

Affected Products

Faststone Image Viewer

References · 4

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/6673 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5870 · Security Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/4878 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/497061/100/0/threaded · Note