CVE-2010-1845: ImageIO PSD Memory Corruption

[Dominic Chell <Dominic.Chell () ngssecure com>]

ImageIO PSD Memory Corruption - CVE-2010-1845

11/11/2010

Dominic Chell of NGS Secure has discovered a high risk memory corruption vulnerability affecting the ImageIO rendering 
framework.
Viewing a maliciously crafted PSD image may lead to an unexpected application termination or arbitrary code execution.
This issue can be remotely (client-side) exploited through any application using the framework including Mail, Safari 
and QuickLook.

Versions affected include:

Mac OS X v10.5.8, Mac OS X Server v10.5.8, Mac OS X v10.6 through v10.6.4, Mac OS X Server v10.6 through v10.6.4

Apple has released a patch that addresses these issues. The announcement of
this patch can be found here:

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1222

Patches can be downloaded from the following links.

Apple security updates are available via the Software Update mechanism:
   http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1338

Apple security updates are also available for manual download via:
   http://www.apple.com/support/downloads/

NGS Secure are going to withhold details about these flaws for three months. Full
details will be published on 11/02/2011. This three month window
will allow Apple customers the time needed to test and apply the patch
set before the details are released to the general public. This reflects
NGS Secure's approach to responsible disclosure.

NGS Secure Research
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