Check Point Advisories

Oracle Outside In OS 2 Metafile Parser Stack Buffer Overflow (CVE-2013-5763)

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2013-3549
Date Published:	2 Dec 2013
Severity:	Critical
Last Updated:	Tuesday 01 January, 2013
Source:	CVE-2013-5763
Protection Provided by:
Who is Vulnerable?	Oracle Outside In Technology 8.4.0
Vulnerability Description	A stack buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Oracle Outside-In, a set of libraries used to decode many file formats.
Vulnerability Details	The vulnerability is due to a boundary error while processing OS/2 Metafiles. Oracle Outside-In is embedded in many enterprise applications. This vulnerability can be exploited by causing an application that uses the vulnerable libraries to handle a malformed files. Depending on the application, user interaction may be required. Successful exploitation can result in execution of arbitrary code or a denial of service condition in the context of the affected application.