ACDSee PRO 5.1 - '.PCT' Image Processing Heap Overflow

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Application:   ACDSee PRO PCT Image Processing Heap Overflow
Platforms:   Windows 

Secunia:   SA48804  

{PRL}:   2012-21

Author:   Francis Provencher (Protek Research Lab's) 

Website:   http://www.protekresearchlab.com/

Twitter:   @ProtekResearch


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1) Introduction
2) Report Timeline
3) Technical details
4) The Code


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1) Introduction
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ACDSee is a shareware image organizer, viewer, and editor software for Microsoft
Windows and Mac OS X 10.5 and higher developed by ACD Systems. It was originally
distributed as a 16-bit application for Windows 3.0 and later supplanted by a 32-bit
version for Windows 95.

(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ACDSee)

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2) Report Timeline
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2012-03-13  Vulnerability reported to Secunia
2012-06-21  Vendor disclose patch


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3) Technical details
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Insufficient validation in ID_PICT.apl of specific byte values used as sizes in the image
content can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted .PCT file.
 

The vulnerabilities are confirmed in version 5.1 (Build 137). Other versions may also be affected.

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4) The Code
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http://protekresearchlab.com/exploits/PRL-2012-21.pct
https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb-bin-sploits/-/raw/main/bin-sploits/19332.pct