Overview
Apple Mac OS X QuickDraw Manager contains a buffer overflow that may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.
Description
Apple Mac OS X QuickDraw is a 2D graphics library. It is used by several applications, including Safari, Mail, and Finder. QuickDraw is used to render PICT images on Mac systems. QuickDraw Manager contains an unspecified buffer overflow in the handling of PICT images. |
Impact
By convincing a user to view a specially crafted PICT image (e.g., contained within a web page or an HTML email message), an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user. The attacker could also cause the application using the QuickDraw library to crash. |
Solution
Apply an update Please see Apple Security Update 2005-008 for details on workarounds, fixes, and updates. |
Vendor Information
CVSS Metrics
| Group | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|
| Base | ||
| Temporal | ||
| Environmental |
References
- http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302413
- http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Carbon/Reference/QuickDraw_Ref/index.html
- http://developer.apple.com/documentation/mac/QuickDraw/QuickDraw-333.html#HEADING333-29
- http://www.auscert.org.au/5509
- http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2005/Sep/1014961.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14914
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16920/
- http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/22384
- http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/vulninfo/vuln.aspx?id=33420
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Apple Product Security for reporting this vulnerability, who in turn credit Henrik Dalgaard of Echo One.
This document was written by Will Dormann.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | CVE-2005-2744 |
| Severity Metric: | 28.69 |
| Date Public: | 2005-09-21 |
| Date First Published: | 2005-09-27 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2005-09-27 15:29 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 10 |