diff --git a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/changes.xml b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/changes.xml
index 259caeae3..42497beb1 100644
--- a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/changes.xml
+++ b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/changes.xml
@@ -37,6 +37,7 @@
 
 		<!-- Don't forget to update status.xml too! -->
         <release version="3.5-beta4" date="2008-??-??">
+           <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">46182 - fixed Slideshow.readPictures() to skip pictures with invalid headers</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">46137 - Handle odd files with a ContinueRecord after EOFRecord</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">Fixed problem with linking shared formulas when ranges overlap</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">45784 - More fixes to SeriesTextRecord</action>
diff --git a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
index 3cef6f652..baec54a04 100644
--- a/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
+++ b/src/documentation/content/xdocs/status.xml
@@ -34,7 +34,8 @@
 	<!-- Don't forget to update changes.xml too! -->
     <changes>
         <release version="3.5-beta4" date="2008-??-??">
-			<action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">46137 - Handle odd files with a ContinueRecord after EOFRecord</action>
+           <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">46182 - fixed Slideshow.readPictures() to skip pictures with invalid headers</action>
+     			 <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">46137 - Handle odd files with a ContinueRecord after EOFRecord</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">Fixed problem with linking shared formulas when ranges overlap</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">45784 - More fixes to SeriesTextRecord</action>
            <action dev="POI-DEVELOPERS" type="fix">46033 - fixed TableCell to correctly set text type</action>
diff --git a/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hslf/HSLFSlideShow.java b/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hslf/HSLFSlideShow.java
index 217ab7bc8..8273d87cc 100644
--- a/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hslf/HSLFSlideShow.java
+++ b/src/scratchpad/src/org/apache/poi/hslf/HSLFSlideShow.java
@@ -333,17 +333,16 @@ public final class HSLFSlideShow extends POIDocument {
 				logger.log(POILogger.ERROR, "Problem reading picture: Invalid image type 0, on picture with length " + imgsize + ".\nYou document will probably become corrupted if you save it!");
 				logger.log(POILogger.ERROR, "" + pos);
 			} else {
-	            // Copy the data, ready to pass to PictureData
-	            byte[] imgdata = new byte[imgsize];
-	            if(imgsize > 0) {
-	            	System.arraycopy(pictstream, pos, imgdata, 0, imgdata.length);
-	            }
-	            
 				// Build the PictureData object from the data
 				try {
 					PictureData pict = PictureData.create(type - 0xF018);
-					pict.setRawData(imgdata);
-					pict.setOffset(offset);
+
+                    // Copy the data, ready to pass to PictureData
+                    byte[] imgdata = new byte[imgsize];
+                    System.arraycopy(pictstream, pos, imgdata, 0, imgdata.length);
+                    pict.setRawData(imgdata);
+
+                    pict.setOffset(offset);
 					p.add(pict);
 				} catch(IllegalArgumentException e) {
 					logger.log(POILogger.ERROR, "Problem reading picture: " + e + "\nYou document will probably become corrupted if you save it!");