Apple Mac OS X ImageIO JPEG buffer overflow

macos-imageio-jpeg-bo (26412) The risk level is classified as HighHigh Risk

Description:

Apple Mac OS X and Mac OS X Server are vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking of JPEG image files. By sending a specially-crafted image with malformed JPEG metadata, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system.

Platforms Affected:

  • Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.6
  • Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.6

Remedy:

Apply Apple Security Update 2006-003, available from the Apple Web site. See References.

Consequences:

Gain Access

References:

  • Apple Security Update 2006-003, About Security Update 2006-003 at http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=303737.
  • US-CERT Technical Cyber Security Alert TA06-132A, Apple Mac Products Affected by Multiple Vulnerabilities at http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA06-132A.html.
  • BID-17321: Apple Mac OS X ImageIO Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability
  • BID-17951: Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2006-003 Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • CVE-2006-1552: Integer overflow in ImageIO in Apple Mac OS X 10.4 up to 10.4.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a crafted JPEG image with malformed JPEG metadata, as demonstrated using Safari, aka Deja-Doom.
  • OSVDB ID: 25597: Mac OS X ImageIO JPEG Metadata Overflow
  • SA20077: Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities
  • VUPEN/ADV-2006-1779: Apple Mac OS X Multiple Remote and Client-Side Code Execution Vulnerabilities

Reported:

May 11, 2006

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