Overview
A vulnerability exists in how Apple OS X handles PICT images. If successfully exploited, this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code, or create a denial-of-service condition.
Description
From Apple, Certain applications invoke an unsupported QuickDraw operation to display PICT images. By carefully crafting a corrupt PICT image, an attacker can trigger memory corruption in these applications, which may lead to an application crash or arbitrary code execution. This update addresses the issue by preventing the unsupported operation. |
Impact
A remote, unauthenticated attacker may be able to execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user who opened the malicious file. |
Solution
Update Apple has released an update that addresses this issue. |
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Vendor Information
CVSS Metrics
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References
Acknowledgements
This report was based on information in Apple Security Update 2006-006.
This document was written by Ryan Giobbi.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | CVE-2006-4395 |
| Severity Metric: | 0.54 |
| Date Public: | 2006-09-29 |
| Date First Published: | 2006-10-02 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2006-10-02 20:01 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 24 |