====================================================================== Secunia Research 02/11/2007 - ACDSee Products Image and Archive Plug-ins Buffer Overflows - ====================================================================== Table of Contents Affected Software....................................................1 Severity.............................................................2 Vendor's Description of Software.....................................3 Description of Vulnerability.........................................4 Solution.............................................................5 Time Table...........................................................6 Credits..............................................................7 References...........................................................8 About Secunia........................................................9 Verification........................................................10 ====================================================================== 1) Affected Software * ACDSee Photo Manager version 9.0 build 108 * ACDSee Pro Photo Manager version 8.1 build 99 * ACDSee Photo Editor version 4.0 build 195 NOTE: Other versions may also be affected. ====================================================================== 2) Severity Rating: Highly critical Impact: System Access Where: Remote ====================================================================== 3) Vendor's Description of Software "ACDSee provides everything you need to make the most of your digital memories." Product Link: http://www.acdsee.com/ ====================================================================== 4) Description of Vulnerability Secunia Research has discovered some vulnerabilities in ACDSee products, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. 1) An input validation error within ID_PSP.apl when processing PSP image files can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted PSP image file. 2) An integer overflow error within ID_PSP.apl when processing PSP image files can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted PSP image file. 3) An input validation error within AM_LHA.apl when processing LHA archives can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted LHA archive. NOTE: The AM_LHA.apl plugin is not included in a default install of ACDSee Photo Editor. Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities allows execution of arbitrary code. ====================================================================== 5) Solution Apply updates. http://www.acdsee.com/support/knowledgebase/article?id=2800 ====================================================================== 6) Time Table 18/09/2007 - Vendor notified. 25/09/2007 - Vendor notified. 26/09/2007 - Vendor response. 02/11/2007 - Public disclosure. ====================================================================== 7) Credits Discovered by JJ Reyes, Secunia Research. ====================================================================== 8) References The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned CVE-2007-4344 for the vulnerabilitie. ====================================================================== 9) About Secunia Secunia offers vulnerability management solutions to corporate customers with verified and reliable vulnerability intelligence relevant to their specific system configuration: http://corporate.secunia.com/ Secunia also provides a publicly accessible and comprehensive advisory database as a service to the security community and private individuals, who are interested in or concerned about IT-security. http://secunia.com/ Secunia believes that it is important to support the community and to do active vulnerability research in order to aid improving the security and reliability of software in general: http://corporate.secunia.com/secunia_research/33/ Secunia regularly hires new skilled team members. Check the URL below to see currently vacant positions: http://secunia.com/secunia_vacancies/ Secunia offers a FREE mailing list called Secunia Security Advisories: http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/ ====================================================================== 10) Verification Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-73/ Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Secunia Research: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/ ======================================================================