Overview
Apple Mac OS X fails to properly handle JPEG2000 files. This vulnerability may allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial-of-service condition.
Description
Apple ImageIO is an image processing framework that was introduced in OS X 10.4 (Tiger). ImageIO is used by several applications, including WebCore and Safari. ImageIO contains an unspecified buffer overflow in the handling of JPEG2000 images. |
Impact
By convincing a user to view a specially crafted JPEG2000 image, an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user. The attacker could also cause the application using the ImageIO library to crash. Any application that uses ImageIO may be vulnerable. |
Solution
Apply an update Please see Apple Security Update 2006-006 for details on workarounds, fixes, and updates. |
Vendor Information
CVSS Metrics
| Group | Score | Vector |
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| Temporal | ||
| Environmental |
References
Acknowledgements
This vulnerability was reported in Apple Security Update 2006-006. Apple credits Tom Saxton of Idle Loop Software Design for reporting this issue.
This document was written by Jeff Gennari.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | CVE-2006-4391 |
| Severity Metric: | 11.70 |
| Date Public: | 2006-09-29 |
| Date First Published: | 2006-10-02 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2006-11-21 18:12 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 10 |