Overview
The Apple Mac OS X ImageIO framework contains a buffer overflow that may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.
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 GIF images. |
Impact
By convincing a user to view a specially crafted GIF image (e.g., contained within a web page), 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 which uses ImageIO may be vulnerable. |
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://www.auscert.org.au/5509
- http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2005/Sep/1014958.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14914
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16920/
- http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/22381
- http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/vulninfo/vuln.aspx?id=33423
Acknowledgements
Thanks to Apple Product Security for reporting this vulnerability.
This document was written by Will Dormann.
Other Information
| CVE IDs: | CVE-2005-2747 |
| Severity Metric: | 24.53 |
| Date Public: | 2005-09-21 |
| Date First Published: | 2005-09-27 |
| Date Last Updated: | 2005-09-27 15:11 UTC |
| Document Revision: | 9 |