Check Point Advisories

Oracle Java JPEGImageWriter Memory Corruption - Ver2 (CVE-2013-2429)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2014-1281
Date Published: 31 Mar 2014
Severity: High
Last Updated: Monday 31 March, 2014
Source: CVE-2013-2429
Industry Reference:CVE-2013-2429
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R77, R76, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description A memory corruption vulnerability has been reported in Oracle Java. The vulnerability is due to improper safeguards against object manipulation in stream writer callbacks from native code in com.sun.imageio.plugins.jpeg.JPEGImageWriter class.A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability by enticing the target user to visit a specially crafted web page. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability can allow execution of arbitrary code on a target system.

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,
Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R77 / R76 / R75 / R71 / R70

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Oracle Java JPEGImageWriter Memory Corruption - Ver2 protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all modules.

SmartView Tracker will log the following entries:

Attack Name:  Oracle Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  Oracle Java JPEGImageWriter Memory Corruption - Ver2

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