ICEOWS IceGUI.DLL buffer overflow

iceows-icegui-bo (36843) The risk level is classified as HighHigh Risk

Description:

ICEOWS is vulnerable to a stack-based buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking by the IceGUI.DLL extension. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted ACE archive containing an overly long filename, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system.

Platforms Affected:

  • Raphaël et Béatrice Mounier, ICEOWS 4.20b

Remedy:

No remedy available as of July 4, 2009.

Consequences:

Gain Access

References:

  • ICEOWS Web site, ICEOWS is the new name of ArjFolder at http://www.iceows.com/HomePageUS.html.
  • vuln.sg Vulnerability Research Advisory 2007-09-28 , ICEOWS ACE Archive Long Filename Buffer Overflow Vulnerability at http://vuln.sg/iceows420b-en.html.
  • BID-25844: ICEOWS ICEGUI.DLL ACE File Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
  • CVE-2007-5155: IceGUI.DLL in ICEOWS 4.20b invokes a function with incorrect arguments, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long filename in the header of an ACE archive, which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow.
  • SA26973: ICEOWS IceGUI.DLL ACE Archive Processing Buffer Overflow
  • VUPEN/ADV-2007-3312: ICEOWS IceGUI Extension Filename Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Reported:

Sep 28, 2007

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