Check Point Advisories

Adobe Photoshop PNG Image Processing Buffer Overflow - Improved Performance (CVE-2012-4170)

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2013-1654
Date Published:	14 Apr 2013
Severity:	High
Last Updated:	Tuesday 01 January, 2013
Source:	CVE-2012-4170
Protection Provided by:
Who is Vulnerable?	Adobe Systems Photoshop CS6 13.0
Vulnerability Description	A heap buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported in Adobe Photoshop CS6. The vulnerability is due to an error while handling certain chunks within a specially crafted PNG file. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by enticing a user to open a malicious PNG file. Successful exploitation would result in execution of arbitrary code.
Update/Patch Avaliable	Apply patches from: APSB12-20