Secunia Security Advisory - Two vulnerabilities have been reported in Apple Numbers for iOS, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's device.
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TITLE:
Apple Numbers for iOS Two Vulnerabilities
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA46419
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RELEASE DATE:
2011-10-14
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DESCRIPTION:
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in Apple Numbers for iOS,
which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's
device.
1) A boundary error within the processing of Microsoft Office files
can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow, which may allow
execution of arbitrary code.
2) An error when processing Excel files can be exploited to corrupt
memory resulting in values from the file being treated as function
pointers via a specially crafted Excel record.
For more information:
SA42151
The vulnerabilities are reported in versions prior to 1.5.
SOLUTION:
Update to version 1.5 available via the iTunes Store.
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
1) Reported by the vendor.
2) Tobias Klein via iDefense.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
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http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5004
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