Microsoft Windows JPEG buffer overflow

win-jpeg-bo (16304)

High Risk

Description:

Microsoft Windows is vulnerable to a buffer overflow, when handling JPEG image files. By creating a specially-crafted JPEG file containing malicious code, a remote attacker could overflow the buffer and execute code on the victim's system, once the file is opened. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by creating a malicious Web page or by sending a victim a malicious email.

Note: It is reported that NetObjects Fusion version 8.x is also vulnerable to this vulnerability.

Platforms Affected:

• BusinessObjects, Crystal Enterprise 10
• BusinessObjects, Crystal Enterprise 9
• BusinessObjects, Crystal Reports 10
• BusinessObjects, Crystal Reports 9
• Microsoft, .NET Framework 1.0 sp2
• Microsoft, Digital Image Pro 7.0
• Microsoft, Digital Image Pro 9
• Microsoft, Digital Image Suite 9
• Microsoft, Excel 2002
• Microsoft, Excel 2003
• Microsoft, FrontPage 2002
• Microsoft, FrontPage 2003
• Microsoft, Greetings 2002
• Microsoft, Office 2003
• Microsoft, Office XP SP3
• Microsoft, Office InfoPath 2003
• Microsoft, OneNote 2003
• Microsoft, Outlook 2002
• Microsoft, Outlook 2003
• Microsoft, Picture It 2002
• Microsoft, Picture It 7.0
• Microsoft, Picture It 9
• Microsoft, Platform SDK Redistributable GDI+
• Microsoft, PowerPoint 2002
• Microsoft, PowerPoint 2003
• Microsoft, Producer
• Microsoft, Project 2002 SP1
• Microsoft, Project 2003
• Microsoft, Publisher 2002
• Microsoft, Publisher 2003
• Microsoft, Visio 2002 SP2
• Microsoft, Visio 2003
• Microsoft, Visual Basic .NET 2002 Standard
• Microsoft, Visual Basic .NET 2003 Standard
• Microsoft, Visual C# 2002
• Microsoft, Visual C# 2003
• Microsoft, Visual C++ 2002
• Microsoft, Visual C++ 2003
• Microsoft, Visual J# 2003
• Microsoft, Visual Studio 2002
• Microsoft, Visual Studio 2003
• Microsoft, Windows 2003 Server
• Microsoft, Windows XP 2003 64-bit
• Microsoft, Windows XP
• Microsoft, Windows XP SP1
• Microsoft, Windows XP SP1 64-bit
• Microsoft, Word 2002
• Microsoft, Word 2003
• NetObjects, NetObjects Fusion 8.x

Remedy:

For vulnerability detection:

Enable the following checks in the ISS Protection Platform:
WinsMs04028Patch

For Virtual Patch:

Enable the following checks in the Dynamic ISS Protection platform:
Image_JPEG_Tag_Overflow

For Manual Protection:

Apply the appropriate patch for your system, as listed in the latest Microsoft Security Bulletin. See References.

— OR —

Use Microsoft Automatic Update if it is supported by your operating system. The original bulletin issued by Microsoft has been superseded.

For NetObjects Fusion 8.x:
Apply update 2 for this vulnerability, available from the Netobjects Fusion Support Web page. See References.

Consequences:

Gain Access

References:

• BugTraq Mailing List, Wed Sep 22 2004 - 14:16:24 CDT, Macromedia Products Not Affected by Microsoft JPEG/GDIPlus Vulnerability at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2004-09/0297.html.
• CIAC Information Bulletin 0-213, Windows Buffer Overrun in JPEG Processing Could Allow Code Execution at http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/o-213.shtml.
• Microsoft Security Bulletin MS04-028, Buffer Overrun in JPEG Processing (GDI+) Could Allow Code Execution (833987) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS04-028.mspx.
• Microsoft Security Bulletin MS05-005, Vulnerability in Microsoft Office XP could allow Remote Code Execution (873352) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms05-005.mspx.
• Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-052, Vulnerabilities in GDI+ Could Allow Remote Code Execution (954593) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-052.mspx.
• Netobjects Fusion Support Web page, Netobjects - Support at http://www.netobjects.com/support/.
• BID-11173: Microsoft GDI+ Library JPEG Segment Length Integer Underflow Vulnerability
• CVE-2004-0200: Buffer overflow in the JPEG (JPG) parsing engine in the Microsoft Graphic Device Interface Plus (GDI+) component, GDIPlus.dll, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a JPEG image with a small JPEG COM field length that is normalized to a large integer length before a memory copy operation.
• US-CERT VU#297462: Microsoft Windows GDI+ contains a buffer overflow vulnerability in the JPEG parsing component

Reported:

Sep 14, 2004

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