XnView RAS Image Processing Heap Overflow

vendor:

XnView

by:

Francis Provencher

7,5

CVSS

HIGH

Integer Truncation Error

190

CWE

Product Name: XnView

Affected Version From: N/A

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

XnView RAS Image Processing Heap Overflow

An integer truncation error when processing Sun Raster images can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted 'Depth' value in a RAS file.

Mitigation:

Update to the latest version of XnView

Source

Exploit-DB raw data:

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Application:   XnView RAS Image Processing Heap Overflow
Platforms:   Windows 

Secunia:   SA49091  

{PRL}:   2012-14

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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XnView is a cross-platform image viewer used for viewing, converting, organising and editing graphical & video files.
It is free of charge for private, educational and non-profit organisations. For commercial use and distribution,
the user must register the program. It is popular with users as it provides features normally found only
in commercial image viewers.

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

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2) Report Timeline
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2012-05-15  Vulnerability reported to Secunia
2012-06-15  Vendor disclose patch


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3) Technical details
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An integer truncation error when processing Sun Raster images can be exploited
to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted "Depth" value in a RAS file.

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4) The Code
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http://www.protekresearchlab.com/exploits/PRL-2012-14.ras
https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb-bin-sploits/-/raw/main/bin-sploits/19181.ras