Check Point Advisories

Mozilla Firefox Animated PNG Processing Integer Overflow - improved performance (CVE-2008-4064)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2008-228
Date Published: 24 Mar 2013
Severity: High
Last Updated: Thursday 28 March, 2013
Source:
Industry Reference:CVE-2008-4064
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description Firefox is a popular, open source web browser developed by Mozilla Foundation. A vulnerability was reported in Mozilla Firefox. Mozilla Firefox fails to properly process Animated Portable Network Graphics (APNG) image files. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability by persuading a target user to open a specially crafted PNG image. Successful exploitation could lead to arbitrary code execution or terminate the application, resulting in a Denial of Service condition.

Protection Overview

By enabling this protection, SmartDefense will detect and block malformed animated PNG graphics files.

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 Mozilla Firefox Animated PNG Processing Integer Overflow - improved performance 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:  Mozilla Firefox Animated PNG Processing Integer Overflow - improved performance

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