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Adobe Products PNG.8BI PNG File Handling Buffer Overflow Advisory Available in Danish  Advisory Available in German 

Secunia Advisory: SA25044  
Release Date: 2007-04-30
Last Update: 2007-07-11

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Adobe Photoshop CS2
Adobe Photoshop CS3
Adobe Photoshop Elements 5.x

CVE reference:CVE-2007-2365 (Secunia mirror)

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Description:
Marsu has discovered a vulnerability in various Adobe Products, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error within the PNG.8BI Photoshop Format Plugin when handling PNG files. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted PNG file.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability is confirmed in Adobe Photoshop CS2 and Adobe Photoshop Elements (Editor) version 5.0 for Windows and reportedly affects Adobe Photoshop CS3.

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Solution:
Apply updates (please see the vendor's advisory for details).

Provided and/or discovered by:
Marsu

Changelog:
2007-05-02: Added CVE reference.
2007-07-11: Updated "Solution" section and added vendor link.

Original Advisory:
Adobe:
http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb07-13.html

http://milw0rm.com/exploits/3812



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2 Related Secunia Security Advisories

1. Adobe Photoshop BMP.8BI Bitmap File Handling Buffer Overflow
2. Adobe Products Insecure Default File Permissions


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