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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-0596

Original release date:02/10/2011

Last revised:07/19/2011

Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

The Bitmap parsing component in 2d.dll in Adobe Reader and Acrobat 10.x before 10.0.1, 9.x before 9.4.2, and 8.x before 8.2.6 on Windows and Mac OS X allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an image with crafted (1) height and (2) width values for an RLE_8 compressed bitmap, which triggers a heap-based buffer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-0598, CVE-2011-0599, and CVE-2011-0602.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS v2 Base Score:9.3 (HIGH) (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (legend)

Impact Subscore: 10.0

Exploitability Subscore: 8.6

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Access Vector: Network exploitable; Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism

Access Complexity: Medium

Authentication: Not required to exploit

Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-03.html

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.adobe.com/support/security/bulletins/apsb11-03.html

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2011-0492

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0492

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2011-0337

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0337

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1025033

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025033

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2011:0301

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0301.html

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 43470

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/43470

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11921

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11921

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11921

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11921

Vulnerable software and versions

Configuration 1

AND

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:10.0

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:9.0

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:9.1

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:9.1.1

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:9.1.2

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:9.1.3

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:9.2

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:9.3

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:9.3.1

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:9.3.2

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:9.3.3

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:9.3.4

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:9.4

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:9.4.1

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.0

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.1

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.1.1

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.1.2

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.1.4

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.1.5

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.1.6

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.1.7

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.2

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.2.1

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.2.2

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.2.3

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat_reader:8.2.4

cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x

cpe:/o:microsoft:windows

Configuration 2

AND

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:10.0

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:9.0

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:9.1

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:9.1.1

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:9.1.2

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:9.1.3

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:9.2

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:9.3

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:9.3.1

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:9.3.2

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:9.3.3

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:9.3.4

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:9.4

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:9.4.1

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:8.0.0

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:8.1

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:8.1.1

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:8.1.2

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:8.1.3

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:8.1.4

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:8.1.5

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:8.1.6

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:8.1.7

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:8.2

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:8.2.1

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:8.2.2

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:8.2.3

* cpe:/a:adobe:acrobat:8.2.4

cpe:/o:apple:mac_os_x

cpe:/o:microsoft:windows

* Denotes Vulnerable Software

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

Input Validation (CWE-20)

CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-0596