Apple Mac OS X CoreGraphics PDF Handling Heap Overflow Vulnerability

BID:34965

Info

Apple Mac OS X CoreGraphics PDF Handling Heap Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 34965
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE: CVE-2009-0155
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: May 12 2009 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 17 2009 11:49PM
Credit: Barry K. Nathan
Vulnerable: Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.6
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.5
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.4
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.3
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.2
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.1
Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5
Apple Mac OS X 10.5.6
Apple Mac OS X 10.5.5
Apple Mac OS X 10.5.4
Apple Mac OS X 10.5.3
Apple Mac OS X 10.5.2
Apple Mac OS X 10.5.1
Apple Mac OS X 10.5
Apple iPod Touch 2.2.1
Apple iPod Touch 2.0.2
Apple iPod Touch 2.0.1
Apple iPod Touch 1.1.4
Apple iPod Touch 1.1.3
Apple iPod Touch 1.1.2
Apple iPod Touch 1.1.1
Apple iPod Touch 2.2
Apple iPod Touch 2.1
Apple iPod Touch 2.0
Apple iPod Touch 1.1
Apple iPhone 2.2.1
Apple iPhone 2.0.2
Apple iPhone 2.0.1
Apple iPhone 1.1.4
Apple iPhone 1.1.3
Apple iPhone 1.1.2
Apple iPhone 1.1.1
Apple iPhone 1.0.2
Apple iPhone 1.0.1
Apple iPhone 2.2
Apple iPhone 2.1
Apple iPhone 2.0
Apple iPhone 1.1
Apple iPhone 1
Not Vulnerable: Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.7
Apple Mac OS X 10.5.7
Apple iPod Touch 3.0
Apple iPhone 3.0

Discussion

Apple Mac OS X CoreGraphics PDF Handling Heap Overflow Vulnerability

Apple Mac OS X is prone to a heap-based buffer-overflow vulnerability in CoreGraphics.

An attacker can exploit this issue by tricking a victim into opening a specially crafted PDF file.

A successful attack will allow attacker-supplied code to run in the context of the victim opening the file.

NOTE: This issue was previously covered in BID 34926 (Apple Mac OS X 2009-002 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities), but has been assigned its own record to better document it.

Exploit / POC

Apple Mac OS X CoreGraphics PDF Handling Heap Overflow Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Solution / Fix

Apple Mac OS X CoreGraphics PDF Handling Heap Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor has released fixes. Please see the references for details.


Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5

Apple Mac OS X 10.5

Apple Mac OS X 10.5.1

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.1

Apple Mac OS X 10.5.2

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.2

Apple Mac OS X 10.5.3

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.3

Apple Mac OS X 10.5.4

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.4

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.5

Apple Mac OS X 10.5.5

Apple Mac OS X 10.5.6

Apple Mac OS X Server 10.5.6

References

Apple Mac OS X CoreGraphics PDF Handling Heap Overflow Vulnerability

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