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Sony PSP Photo Viewer TIFF File Handling Buffer Overflow
Secunia Advisory: SA16922
Release Date: 2005-09-26
Last Update: 2006-07-21
Popularity: 18,743 views

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

OS:Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) 2.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2005-3084


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:
Update to firmware version 2.01 or later.

Changelog:
2005-10-04: Added CVE reference.
2006-07-21: Updated "Solution" section.

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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