Apple Mac OS X prior 10.6.0 ImageIO memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Apple Mac OS X. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component ImageIO. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2010-0543. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Mac OS X (Operating System). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality 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. CVE summarizes:

ImageIO in Apple Mac OS X 10.5.8, and 10.6 before 10.6.2, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted movie file with MPEG2 encoding.

The weakness was shared 06/17/2010 by Kevin Finisterre (pagvac) with MIT Kerberos Team (Website). The advisory is shared for download at vupen.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-0543 since 02/03/2010. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 47024 (Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2010-004)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 118106 (Apple Mac OS X Security Update 2010-004 Not Installed (APPLE-SA-2010-06-15-1)).

Upgrading to version 10.6.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (47024), SecurityFocus (BID 40871†), Secunia (SA40220†), SecurityTracker (ID 1024103†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-26096†). The entries VDB-4141, VDB-48183, VDB-51917 and VDB-49658 are related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 47024
Nessus Name: Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2010-004)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Mac OS X 10.6.0

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Researcher: Kevin Finisterre (pagvac)
Organization: MIT Kerberos Team
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2010-0543 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2010-0543
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-53684
SecurityFocus: 40871 - RETIRED: Apple Mac OS X Prior to 10.6.4 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 40220 - Apple Mac OS X Security Update Fixes Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
SecurityTracker: 1024103 - Mac OS X Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Deny Service, and Upload/Access Files and Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges
Vulnerability Center: 26096 - Apple MacOS X Prior to 10.6.4 ImageIO Remote Code Execution or DoS Vulnerability via MPEG2 Encoding, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2010-1481

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150108
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Created: 03/19/2015 12:22
Updated: 09/18/2021 08:17
Changes: 03/19/2015 12:22 (59), 02/27/2017 21:25 (20), 09/18/2021 08:17 (3)
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