Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.8 gifgetbandproc integer coercion

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.8. It has been classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is the function gifgetbandproc. Performing a manipulation results in integer coercion. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2007-1071. Furthermore, an exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Apple Mac OS X Server 10.4.8 (Operating System). This affects the function gifgetbandproc. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a integer coercion vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-192. Integer coercion refers to a set of flaws pertaining to the type casting, extension, or truncation of primitive data types. This is going to have an impact on availability. The summary by CVE is:

Integer overflow in the gifGetBandProc function in ImageIO in Apple Mac OS X 10.4.8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted GIF image that triggers the overflow during decompression. NOTE: this is a different issue than CVE-2006-3502 and CVE-2006-3503.

The bug was discovered 09/08/2006. The weakness was published 02/19/2007 by Tom Ferris (Website). The advisory is shared at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-1071 since 02/22/2007. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Technical details and a public exploit are known.

The exploit is shared for download at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 164 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 24811 (Mac OS X < 10.4.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2007-003)), 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 c. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 115527 (Apple Mac OS X 10.4.9 and Security Update 2007-003 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2007-03-13)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 4 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (32795), Exploit-DB (29620), Tenable (24811), SecurityFocus (BID 22630†) and OSVDB (34854†). Similar entries are available at VDB-2824, VDB-2832, VDB-2833 and VDB-2834. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Integer coercion
CWE: CWE-192 / CWE-189
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Nessus ID: 24811
Nessus Name: Mac OS X < 10.4.9 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2007-003)
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Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Tom Ferris
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-1071 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-1071
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-35145
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X-Force: 32795
SecurityFocus: 22630 - Apple Mac OS X ImageIO GIF Image Integer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 24479 - Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 34854 - Apple Mac OS X ImageIO gifGetBandProc Function GIF Decompression Overflow
SecurityTracker: 1017758
Vulnerability Center: 14646 - Apple Mac OS X gifGetBandProc Function Integer Overflow, High
Vupen: ADV-2007-0930

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 03/13/2015 12:16
Updated: 06/14/2025 01:24
Changes: 03/13/2015 12:16 (91), 07/16/2019 18:45 (3), 07/23/2024 05:50 (17), 03/09/2025 00:43 (2), 06/14/2025 01:24 (2)
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Cache ID: 216:C46:103

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