Check Point Advisories

CoolPDF Reader Image Stream Processing Buffer Overflow - Ver2 (CVE-2012-4914)

Vulnerability
Protection

Check Point Reference:	CPAI-2015-0742
Date Published:	18 May 2015
Severity:	Medium
Last Updated:	Monday 18 May, 2015
Source:
Industry Reference:	CVE-2012-4914
Protection Provided by:	Security Gateway R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable?
Vulnerability Description	A buffer overflow vulnerability has been reported in CoolPDF Reader. The vulnerability is due to insufficient validation of streams while processing PDF files. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability by enticing an unsuspecting user to download and process a specially crafted PDF file, which can lead to code execution in the context of the affected application. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could allow a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the affected system or cause application crashes.

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

In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the CoolPDF Reader Image Stream Processing Buffer Overflow - Ver2 protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name: Content Protection Violation.
Attack Information: CoolPDF Reader Image Stream Processing Buffer Overflow - Ver2