Multiple Adobe Products BMP Image Header Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:28874

Info

Multiple Adobe Products BMP Image Header Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 28874
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2008-1765
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Apr 21 2008 12:00AM
Updated: Jul 15 2008 05:49PM
Credit: c0ntex
Vulnerable: Adobe Photoshop Album Starter 3.2
Adobe After Effects CS3 0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Multiple Adobe Products BMP Image Header Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Multiple Adobe products are prone to a buffer-overflow vulnerability because they fail to perform adequate boundary checks on user-supplied input. The vulnerability occurs when handling malformed image header data in image files.

Successfully exploiting this issue allows attackers to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of a user running one of the applications. Failed exploit attempts will result in a denial-of-service condition.

The following products are vulnerable:

Adobe Photoshop Album Starter 3.2
Adobe After Effects CS3

Other applications and versions may also be affected.

Exploit / POC

Multiple Adobe Products BMP Image Header Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Core Security Technologies has developed a working commercial exploit for its CORE IMPACT product. This exploit is not otherwise publicly available or known to be circulating in the wild.

The following exploit is available:

Solution / Fix

Multiple Adobe Products BMP Image Header Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
Adobe has released an advisory stating that they are working on fixes to address this issue.

This BID previously stated that Adobe Photoshop CS3 was affected, but Adobe states that their previous advisory (APSB07-13) addresses this issue for Photoshop CS2, Photoshop CS3, and Photoshop Elements 5.0.

Please see the references for more information.

References

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