====================================================================== 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: https://www.flexera.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. 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. Secunia regularly hires new skilled team members. Check the URL below to see currently vacant positions: https://www.flexera.com/company/careers Secunia offers a FREE mailing list called Secunia Security Advisories: https://www.flexera.com/secunia_security_advisories/ ====================================================================== 10) Verification Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website: https://www.flexera.com/about-us/secunia-research/advisories/sr-2007-73.html Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Secunia Research: https://www.flexera.com/about-us/secunia-research/advisories/ ======================================================================