---------------------------------------------------------------------- Looking for a job? Secunia is hiring skilled researchers and talented developers. http://secunia.com/company/jobs/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: IrfanView PSD Image Parsing Two Vulnerabilities SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA39036 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/39036/ DESCRIPTION: Secunia Research has discovered two vulnerabilities in IrfanView, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. 1) A sign-extension error when parsing certain PSD images can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted PSD file. 2) A boundary error when processing certain RLE compressed PSD images can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted PSD file. Successful exploitation of the vulnerabilities may allow execution of arbitrary code. The vulnerabilities are confirmed in version 4.25. Other versions may also be affected. SOLUTION: Update to version 4.27. PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: Stefan Cornelius, Secunia Research. ORIGINAL ADVISORY: Secunia Research: http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2010-41 http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2010-42 IrfanView: http://irfanview.com/main_history.htm ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help private users keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/advisories/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/advisories/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------