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Roxio Creator Image Rendering Integer Overflow

Roxio Creator Image Rendering Integer Overflow
Posted Dec 3, 2009
Authored by Carsten Eiram | Site secunia.com

Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in Roxio Creator, which can be exploited by malicious people to potentially compromise a user's system. The vulnerability is caused by an integer overflow error when allocating memory for an image based on its dimensions and can be exploited to corrupt memory via a specially crafted image. Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code. The vulnerability is confirmed in version 9.0.136. Other versions may also be affected.

tags | advisory, overflow, arbitrary
advisories | CVE-2009-1566
MD5 | 278faa0da5917941a12d2a54d914b5c4

Roxio Creator Image Rendering Integer Overflow

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Secunia Research 02/12/2009

- Roxio Creator Image Rendering Integer Overflow Vulnerability -

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Table of Contents

Affected Software....................................................1
Severity.............................................................2
Vendor's Description of Software.....................................3
Description of Vulnerability.........................................4
Solution.............................................................5
Time Table...........................................................6
Credits..............................................................7
References...........................................................8
About Secunia........................................................9
Verification........................................................10

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1) Affected Software

* Roxio Easy Media Creator 9.0.136
* Roxio Creator 2010

NOTE: Other versions may also be affected.

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2) Severity

Rating: Highly critical
Impact: System compromise
Where: Remote

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3) Vendor's Description of Software

"Easily capture, enhance, save and share your photo, video and audio
projects".

Product Link:
http://www.roxio.com/enu/products/creator/suite/overview.html

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4) Description of Vulnerability

Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in Roxio Creator,
which can be exploited by malicious people to potentially compromise
a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused by an integer overflow error when
allocating memory for an image based on its dimensions and can be
exploited to corrupt memory via a specially crafted image.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

The vulnerability is confirmed in version 9.0.136. Other versions may
also be affected.

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5) Solution

Apply Creator 2010 SP1.

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6) Time Table

17/09/2009 - Vendor notified.
30/09/2009 - Vendor response.
25/11/2009 - Status update requested.
30/11/2009 - Vendor provides status update.
02/12/2009 - Public disclosure.

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7) Credits

Discovered by Carsten Eiram, Secunia Research.

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8) References

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned
CVE-2009-1566 for the vulnerability.

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9) About Secunia

Secunia offers vulnerability management solutions to corporate
customers with verified and reliable vulnerability intelligence
relevant to their specific system configuration:

http://secunia.com/advisories/business_solutions/

Secunia also provides a publicly accessible and comprehensive advisory
database as a service to the security community and private
individuals, who are interested in or concerned about IT-security.

http://secunia.com/advisories/

Secunia believes that it is important to support the community and to
do active vulnerability research in order to aid improving the
security and reliability of software in general:

http://secunia.com/secunia_research/

Secunia regularly hires new skilled team members. Check the URL below
to see currently vacant positions:

http://secunia.com/corporate/jobs/

Secunia offers a FREE mailing list called Secunia Security Advisories:

http://secunia.com/advisories/mailing_lists/

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10) Verification

Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-38/

Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Secunia Research:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/

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