Apple Mac OS X QuickDraw Manager fails to properly handle corrupt PICT files

Overview

Apple Mac OS X QuickDraw Manager contains a buffer overflow that may allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Description

Apple Mac OS X QuickDraw is a 2D graphics library. It is used by several applications, including Safari, Mail, and Finder. QuickDraw is used to render PICT images on Mac systems. QuickDraw Manager contains an unspecified buffer overflow in the handling of PICT images.

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Impact

By convincing a user to view a specially crafted PICT image (e.g., contained within a web page or an HTML email message), an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user. The attacker could also cause the application using the QuickDraw library to crash.

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Solution

Apply an update

Please see Apple Security Update 2005-008 for details on workarounds, fixes, and updates.

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Vendor Information

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Updated: September 27, 2005

Status

Affected

Vendor Statement

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Vendor Information

The vendor has not provided us with any further information regarding this vulnerability.

Addendum

Please see Apple Security Update 2005-008 for details on workarounds, fixes, and updates.

If you have feedback, comments, or additional information about this vulnerability, please send us [email](<mailto:[email protected]?Subject=VU%23529945 Feedback>).

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References

• <http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=302413&gt;
• <http://developer.apple.com/documentation/Carbon/Reference/QuickDraw_Ref/index.html&gt;
• <http://developer.apple.com/documentation/mac/QuickDraw/QuickDraw-333.html#HEADING333-29&gt;
• <http://www.auscert.org.au/5509&gt;
• <http://securitytracker.com/alerts/2005/Sep/1014961.html&gt;
• <http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/14914&gt;
• <http://secunia.com/advisories/16920/&gt;
• <http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/22384&gt;
• <http://www3.ca.com/securityadvisor/vulninfo/vuln.aspx?id=33420&gt;

Acknowledgements

Thanks to Apple Product Security for reporting this vulnerability, who in turn credit Henrik Dalgaard of Echo One.

This document was written by Will Dormann.

Other Information

CVE IDs:	CVE-2005-2744
Severity Metric:	28.69 Date Public: