Description
Buffer overflow in Apple Core Image Fun House 2.0 and earlier in CoreImage Examples in Xcode tools before 3.1 allows user-assisted attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a .funhouse file with a string XML element that contains many characters.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Core Image Fun House 2.0 (OSX) - Arbitrary Code Execution (PoC) EDB-6043 · dos · Jul 11, 2008 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 3988 third-party-advisory
- APPLE-SA-2008-07-11 vendor-advisory
- 6043 exploit
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2352
- apple-xcode-funhouse-bo(43733) vdb-entry
- ADV-2008-2093 vdb-entry
- 31060 third-party-advisory
- 20080711 [NETRAGARD SECURITY ADVISORY][Apple Core Image Fun House <= 2.0 OS X -- Arbitrary Code Execution][NETRAGARD-20080711] mailing-list
- 30189 vdb-entry
- 1020472 vdb-entry