ZGV Image Viewer Animated GIF Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability

BID:11915

Info

ZGV Image Viewer Animated GIF Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 11915
Class: Failure to Handle Exceptional Conditions
CVE: CVE-2004-0999
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Dec 14 2004 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 12 2009 09:26AM
Credit: Mikulas Patocka is credited with the discovery of this vulnerability.
Vulnerable: zgv Image Viewer 5.8
+ Debian Linux 3.0 sparc
+ Debian Linux 3.0 s/390
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ppc
+ Debian Linux 3.0 mipsel
+ Debian Linux 3.0 mips
+ Debian Linux 3.0 m68k
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ia-64
+ Debian Linux 3.0 ia-32
+ Debian Linux 3.0 hppa
+ Debian Linux 3.0 arm
+ Debian Linux 3.0 alpha
+ Debian Linux 3.0
+ Gentoo Linux
zgv Image Viewer 5.7
zgv Image Viewer 5.6
zgv Image Viewer 5.5
+ Gentoo Linux
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

ZGV Image Viewer Animated GIF Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability

A remote memory corruption vulnerability affects the animated GIF functionality of zgv. It should be noted that although it is likely that xzgv is also vulnerable to this issue, this has not been confirmed. The underlying issue causing this vulnerability is unknown, although it is likely due to a failure of the application to handle malformed image files.

The full impact of this issue is currently unknown, however this issue can be leveraged to cause the affected application to crash. It is possible, however unconfirmed, that this issue may be leveraged to execute arbitrary code.

Exploit / POC

ZGV Image Viewer Animated GIF Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

Solution / Fix

ZGV Image Viewer Animated GIF Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Solution:
Debian linux has made an advisory available (DSA 608-1) dealing with this issue. Please see the referenced advisory for more information.


zgv Image Viewer 5.5

References

ZGV Image Viewer Animated GIF Remote Memory Corruption Vulnerability

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