Microsoft Internet Explorer 5/6 PNG Image memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as very critical has been reported in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5/6. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component PNG Image Handler. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2005-1211. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5/6 (Web Browser). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the component PNG Image Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Buffer overflow in the PNG image rendering component of Microsoft Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted PNG file.

The issue has been introduced in 06/02/1998. The weakness was published 06/14/2005 by Mark Dowd with ISS X-Force as MS05-025 (Website). The advisory is shared at microsoft.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2005-1211 since 04/22/2005. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2569 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 18490 (MS05-025: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (883939)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 100026 (Microsoft Internet Explorer Security Update Missing (MS05-025)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com. Attack attempts may be identified with Snort ID 3689. In this case the pattern |89|PNG|0D 0A 1A 0A| is used for detection. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 3547.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (19270), Tenable (18490), SecurityFocus (BID 13941†), OSVDB (17313†) and Secunia (SA15606†). Similar entries are available at VDB-1566 and VDB-18768. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 18490
Nessus Name: MS05-025: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (883939)
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Patch: microsoft.com

Snort ID: 3689
Snort Message: WEB-CLIENT Internet Explorer tRNS overflow attempt
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Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS05-025
Researcher: Mark Dowd
Organization: ISS X-Force
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2005-1211 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2005-1211
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-1565

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X-Force: 19270 - Microsoft Windows PNG image buffer overflow, High Risk
SecurityFocus: 13941 - Microsoft Internet Explorer PNG Image Rendering Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 15606 - Internet Explorer Two Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 17313 - Microsoft IE PNG Image Processing Arbitrary Code Execution
SecurityTracker: 1014201 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Buffer Overflow in Rendering PNG Images Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 8323 - [MS05-025] Code Execution in Microsoft Internet Explorer via Crafted PNG File, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 06/17/2005 17:11
Updated: 07/04/2025 17:24
Changes: 06/17/2005 17:11 (62), 04/07/2017 12:01 (39), 03/11/2021 15:45 (4), 03/11/2021 15:49 (2), 01/03/2025 19:14 (17), 07/04/2025 17:24 (2)
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