Multiple Adobe products BMP image file buffer overflow
| adobe-bmp-image-file-bo (41941) |  High Risk |
Description:
Multiple Adobe products including Adobe Photoshop Album Starter Edition, Adobe Photoshop and Adobe After Effects are vulnerable to a buffer overflow, caused by improper bounds checking when parsing malicious BMP images. By persuading a victim to open a specially-crafted BMP image file containing a malformed header, a remote attacker could overflow a buffer and execute arbitrary code on the system or cause the application to crash.
Platforms Affected:
- Adobe, After Effects CS3
- Adobe, Photoshop Album Starter 3.2
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 6, 2008.
Consequences:
Gain Access
References:
- APSA08-04, Potential vulnerability in Photoshop Album Starter Edition 3.2 at http://www.adobe.com/support/security/advisories/apsa08-04.html.
- BugTraq Mailing List, Mon Apr 21 2008 - 09:43:27 CDT, Adobe Unchecked Overflow at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-04/0556.html.
- BID-28874: Multiple Adobe Products BMP Image Header Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- CVE-2008-1765: Buffer overflow in Adobe Photoshop Album Starter Edition 3.2, and possibly After Effects CS3, allows user-assisted remote attackers and physically proximate attackers to execute arbitrary code via a BMP file with an invalid image header. NOTE: the related issue in Photoshop CS3 is already covered by CVE-2007-2244.
- SA29838: Adobe Products BMP Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
- SECTRACK ID: 1019910: Adobe Photoshop Album Starter Edition Buffer Overflow in Processing BMP Files Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
- VUPEN/ADV-2008-1317: Adobe Photoshop Album Starter BMP File Code Execution Vulnerability
Reported:
Apr 21, 2008
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