Festalon 0.5.0/0.5.5 festahes_load memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Festalon 0.5.0/0.5.5. Impacted is the function festahes_load. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-4024. Additionally, an exploit exists.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Festalon 0.5.0/0.5.5. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects the function festahes_load. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The FESTAHES_Load function in pce/hes.c in Festalon 0.5.0 through 0.5.5 allows user-assisted attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a negative LoadAddr value in a HES file, which is used as an offset in a memcpy operation and leads to a buffer underflow.

The weakness was released 08/08/2006 by Luigi Auriemma (Website). The advisory is shared for download at vupen.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2006-4024 since 08/08/2006. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details and also a public exploit are known.

A public exploit has been developed in ANSI C. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Exploit-DB (28361), SecurityFocus (BID 19402†) and Secunia (SA21367†). VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Researcher: Luigi Auriemma
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2006-4024 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-4024
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-31696
SecurityFocus: 19402 - Festalon HES Files Remote Heap Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 21367
Vupen: ADV-2006-3177

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

Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 15:51
Updated: 03/23/2025 02:37
Changes: 03/12/2015 15:51 (55), 03/26/2019 15:16 (1), 03/23/2025 02:37 (21)
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