Check Point Advisories

Apple QuickDraw PICT Images ARGB Records Handling Memory Corruption (CVE-2007-0462)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2007-227
Date Published: 17 Feb 2010
Severity: High
Last Updated: Sunday 14 February, 2016
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2007-0462
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description QuickDraw is the 2-dimension graphic library, a core part of the legacy Apple Macintosh operating system. The product has been largely superseded in the latest Mac OS X operating system but still exists as part of the system libraries. There exists a memory corruption vulnerability in the Apple QuickDraw product. The flaw is due to improper handling of PICT image files. This vulnerability can be exploited by a malicious PICT image on the target host using an affected product which leads to a denial of service condition and possibly execution of arbitrary code. In an attack case where code injection is not successful, the affected application that is parsing the malicious PICT file may terminate abnormally. In a more sophisticated attack where code injection is successful, the behavior of the target host is entirely dependent on the intended function of the injected code. The code in such a case would execute within the security context of the currently logged in user.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Apple QuickDraw PICT Images ARGB Records Handling Memory Corruption protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Content Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  Apple QuickDraw PICT Images argb records handling memory corruption

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