Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been reported in Sony PSP, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
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TITLE:
Sony PSP Photo Viewer TIFF File Handling Buffer Overflow
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA16922
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16922/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
System access
WHERE:
>From remote
OPERATING SYSTEM:
Sony PSP (PlayStation Portable)
http://secunia.com/product/5764/
DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Sony PSP, which potentially can
be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the TIFF
library when processing a specially crafted TIFF image.
This may be related to:
SA15320
The vulnerability has been reported in firmware version 2.0. Other
versions may also be affected.
SOLUTION:
Do not open untrusted TIFF files.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://pspupdates.qj.net/2005/09/20-overflow-found-and-working.html
OTHER REFERENCES:
SA15320
http://secunia.com/advisories/15320/
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