Apple Mac OS X up to 10.3.9 QuickDraw Manager memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.3.9. Impacted is an unknown function of the component QuickDraw Manager. Performing a manipulation results in memory corruption. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2006-4395. Furthermore, an exploit is available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Apple Mac OS X up to 10.3.9 (Operating System). This affects an unknown functionality of the component QuickDraw Manager. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in QuickDraw Manager in Apple Mac OS X 10.3.9 and 10.4 through 10.4.7 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service ("memory corruption" and crash) via a crafted PICT image that is not properly handled by a certain "unsupported QuickDraw operation."

The bug was discovered 09/29/2006. The weakness was published 09/27/2006 by Ragnar Sundblad (Patrick) with Matasano Security (Website). The advisory is shared at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-4395 since 08/28/2006. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

The exploit is shared for download 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 (29299), Tenable (22476), SecurityFocus (BID 20271†), OSVDB (29274†) and Secunia (SA22187†). Similar entries are available at VDB-31584, VDB-32567, VDB-32566 and VDB-32564. 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: 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: Ragnar Sundblad (Patrick)
Organization: Matasano Security
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-4395 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-4395
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-32565
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X-Force: 29299
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: 29274 - Apple Mac OS X QuickDraw Manager PICT Image Processing Memory Corruption
SecurityTracker: 1016956
Vulnerability Center: 12810 - Apple Mac OS X QuickDraw Manager Denial of Service Via a Crafted PICT Image, High
Vupen: ADV-2006-3852

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 15:51
Updated: 04/23/2026 08:03
Changes: 03/12/2015 15:51 (80), 07/08/2019 22:03 (11), 11/24/2024 22:52 (17), 04/23/2026 08:03 (1)
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