Microsoft DirectX Targa buffer overflow
| directx-targa-bo (35492) |  High Risk |
Description:
Microsoft DirectX is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer overflow. By persuading a victim to preview or download a specially-crafted run-length encoded (RLE) Targa image file, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 8 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | High |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | Complete |
| Integrity Impact: | Complete |
| Availability Impact: | Complete |
| Temporal Score: | 5.9 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Microsoft DirectX (SDK October 2006 or later), available from the Microsoft DirectX Web site. See References.
References:
- iDefense Labs PUBLIC ADVISORY: 07.18.07: Microsoft DirectX RLE Compressed Targa Image File Heap Overflow Vulnerability.
- Microsoft DirectX Web site: DirectX Resource Center.
- Reversemode Advisory: 07.18.2007: Microsoft DirectX RLE Compressed Targa Image File Heap Overflow .
- BID-24963: Microsoft DirectX RLE Compressed Targa Image File Heap Overflow Overflow Vulnerability
- CVE-2006-4183: Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft DirectX SDK (February 2006) and probably earlier, including 9.0c End User Runtimes, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Targa file with a run-length-encoding (RLE) compression that produces more data than expected when decoding.
- SA26131: Microsoft DirectX RLE Compressed Targa Image Processing Buffer Overflow
- SECTRACK ID: 1018420: Microsoft DirectX Heap Overflow in Processing RLE-Compressed Targa Images Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
- VUPEN/ADV-2007-2577: Microsoft DirectX RLE Compressed Targa Image File Heap Overflow Vulnerability
Platforms Affected:
- id Software Quake 3 Arena Server 1.29f
- Microsoft DirectX 9.0
- Microsoft DirectX 9.0a
- Microsoft DirectX 9.0c
- Microsoft DirectX SDK February_2006
Reported:
Jul 18, 2007
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