Apple Mac OS X up to 10.4 ImageIO memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.4. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component ImageIO. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2006-4391. Additionally, an exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.4 (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the component ImageIO. 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 Apple ImageIO on Apple Mac OS X 10.4 through 10.4.7 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed JPEG2000 image.

The bug was discovered 09/29/2006. The weakness was released 09/27/2006 by Tom Saxton (Patrick) with Matasano Security (Website). The advisory is shared at us-cert.gov. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2006-4391 since 08/28/2006. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. We expect the 0-day to have been worth approximately $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 22476 (Mac OS X 10.4.x < 10.4.8 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115422 (Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8 and Security Update 2006-006 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2006-09-29)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (29280), Tenable (22476), SecurityFocus (BID 20271†), OSVDB (29268†) and Secunia (SA22187†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-31584, VDB-32567, VDB-32566 and VDB-32565. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 22476
Nessus Name: Mac OS X 10.4.x < 10.4.8 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Tom Saxton (Patrick)
Organization: Matasano Security
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-4391 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-4391
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-32561
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X-Force: 29280
SecurityFocus: 20271 - Apple Mac OS X Pre 10.4.8 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 22187 - Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 29268 - Apple Mac OS X ImageIO JPEG2000 Image Processing Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1016953
Vulnerability Center: 12806 - Apple Mac OS X ImageIO Remote Code Execution Via a Malformed JPEG2000 Image, Critical
Vupen: ADV-2006-3852

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 03/12/2015 15:51
Updated: 04/23/2026 08:03
Changes: 03/12/2015 15:51 (80), 07/08/2019 21:32 (11), 11/24/2024 22:52 (17), 04/23/2026 08:03 (1)
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