ACDSee PRO CUR Image Processing Heap Overflow

vendor:

ACDSee PRO

by:

Francis Provencher

7,8

CVSS

HIGH

Heap Overflow

119

CWE

Product Name: ACDSee PRO

Affected Version From: 5.1 (Build 137)

Affected Version To: N/A

Patch Exists: YES

Related CWE: N/A

CPE: N/A

Metasploit: N/A

Other Scripts: N/A

Tags: N/A

CVSS Metrics: N/A

Nuclei References: N/A

Nuclei Metadata: N/A

Platforms Tested: Windows

2012

ACDSee PRO CUR Image Processing Heap Overflow

Insufficient validation in ID_ICO.apl when copying colours from cursors in .CUR files can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via a .CUR file containing a specially crafted "ColorsImportant" field value.

Mitigation:

Update to the latest version of ACDSee PRO

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

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Application:   ACDSee PRO CUR Image Processing Heap Overflow
Platforms:   Windows 

Secunia:   SA48804  

{PRL}:   2012-19

Author:   Francis Provencher (Protek Research Lab's) 

Website:   http://www.protekresearchlab.com/

Twitter:   @ProtekResearch


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1) Introduction
2) Report Timeline
3) Technical details
4) The Code


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1) Introduction
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ACDSee is a shareware image organizer, viewer, and editor software for Microsoft
Windows and Mac OS X 10.5 and higher developed by ACD Systems. It was originally
distributed as a 16-bit application for Windows 3.0 and later supplanted by a 32-bit
version for Windows 95.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACDSee)

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2) Report Timeline
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2012-03-13  Vulnerability reported to Secunia
2012-06-21  Vendor disclose patch


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3) Technical details
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Insufficient validation in ID_ICO.apl when copying colours from cursors in .CUR
files can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via a .CUR file
containing a specially crafted "ColorsImportant" field value.
 

The vulnerabilities are confirmed in version 5.1 (Build 137). Other versions may also be affected.

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4) The Code
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http://protekresearchlab.com/exploits/PRL-2012-19.cur
https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb-bin-sploits/-/raw/main/bin-sploits/19334.cur