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TITLE:
Adobe Photoshop GIF Processing Memory Corruption Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA45587

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RELEASE DATE:
2011-08-11

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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Adobe Photoshop, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error within the processing of
GIF images, which can be exploited to cause a memory corruption by
tricking a user into opening a specially crafted GIF image.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability is reported in versions CS5 and CS5.1 (12.0 and
12.1) and prior for Windows and Macintosh.

SOLUTION:
Apply the patches.

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PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Francis Provencher, Protek Research Lab's.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
APSB11-22:
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-22.html

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