ACD Systems ACDSee Photo Album File Description Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

BID:4719

Info

ACD Systems ACDSee Photo Album File Description Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 4719
Class: Boundary Condition Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: May 10 2002 12:00AM
Updated: May 10 2002 12:00AM
Credit: Reported by Markus Arndt <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable: Acdsystems Acdsee 4.0
Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

ACD Systems ACDSee Photo Album File Description Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

ACDSee is an image viewing, conversion and management tool for Microsoft Windows based machines. ACDSee defines a Photo Album file format, associated with the .ais file extension.

The .ais file is text formatted, with each line containing an absolute path and image followed by a description. Reportedly, including a description longer than 256 characters may cause ACDSee to crash when the file properties are viewed. If this condition is a buffer overflow, execution of arbitrary code may be possible.

Exploit / POC

ACD Systems ACDSee Photo Album File Description Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

As a proof of concept, the .ais text file may be manually edited to include a description longer than 256 characters.

Currently the SecurityFocus staff 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

ACD Systems ACDSee Photo Album File Description Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently the SecurityFocus staff are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches 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]>.

References

ACD Systems ACDSee Photo Album File Description Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

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