CVE-2017-6078
FastStone MaxView 3.0 and 3.1 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service ...
FastStone MaxView 3.0 and 3.1 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed BMP image with a crafted biSize field in the BITMAPINFOHEADER section.
Attack profile
How easy it is to exploit
- Attack vector
- Local
- Complexity
- Low
- Privileges needed
- None
- User interaction
- Required
What an attacker can affect
- Confidentiality
- None
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- High
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
FastStone MaxView 3.0 and 3.1 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed BMP image with a crafted biSize field in the BITMAPINFOHEADER section.
- Record
CVE-2017-6078- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
FastStone MaxView 3.0 and 3.1 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed BMP image with a crafted biSize field in the BITMAPINFOHEADER section.
- Record
CVE-2017-6078- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2017-15145 No score
FastStone MaxView 3.0 and 3.1 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed BMP image with a crafted biSize field in the BITMAPINFOHEADER section.
- Record
EUVD-2017-15145- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-gqp5-8xh5-jpc9
FastStone MaxView 3.0 and 3.1 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service ...
FastStone MaxView 3.0 and 3.1 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed BMP image with a crafted biSize field in the BITMAPINFOHEADER section.
- Record
GHSA-gqp5-8xh5-jpc9- CVSS 3.0
- 5.5 Medium
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H - Weakness
- CWE-20
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2017-6078 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.5) in Faststone Maxview, published February 21, 2017. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.72%, the 54th percentile. No source names a fixed version.