CVE-2010-0042

Published Mar 15, 2010

Last updated 7 years ago

Overview

Description
ImageIO in Apple Safari before 4.0.5 and iTunes before 9.1 on Windows does not ensure that memory access is associated with initialized memory, which allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information from process memory via a crafted TIFF image.
Source
product-security@apple.com
NVD status
Modified

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
4.3
Impact score
2.9
Exploitability score
8.6
Vector string
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-200

Evaluator

Comment
Per: http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2010/Mar/msg00000.html 'ImageIO CVE-ID: CVE-2010-0042 Available for: Windows 7, Vista, XP Impact: Visiting a maliciously crafted website may result in sending data from Safari's memory to the website Description: An uninitialized memory access issue exists in ImageIO's handling of TIFF images. Visiting a maliciously crafted website may result in sending data from Safari's memory to the website. This issue is addressed through improved memory handling and additional validation of TIFF images. Credit to Matthew 'j00ru' Jurczyk of Hispasec for reporting this issue.'
Impact
-
Solution
-

Configurations