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Posted on 21 January 2009
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Secunia Research 20/01/2009
- EasyHDR Pro Radiance RGBE Buffer Overflow -
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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
* EasyHDR Pro 1.60.2.
NOTE: Other versions may also be affected.
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2) Severity
Rating: Moderately critical
Impact: System access
Where: Remote
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3) Vendor's Description of Software
"EasyHDR is an image processing software that produces and tonemapps
High Dynamic Range images from photo sequences taken with a normal
digital camera".
Product Link:
http://easyhdr.com/
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4) Description of Vulnerability
Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in EasyHDR Pro, which
can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when reading
Radiance RGBE (*.hdr) files. This can be exploited to cause a
stack-based buffer overflow by e.g. tricking a user into opening
a specially crafted Radiance RGBE file.
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.
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5) Solution
Update to version 1.60.3.
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6) Time Table
09/01/2009 - Vendor notified.
10/01/2009 - Vendor response.
20/01/2009 - Public disclosure.
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7) Credits
Discovered by Stefan Cornelius, Secunia Research.
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8) References
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has not yet
assigned a CVE for the vulnerability.
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9) About Secunia
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10) Verification
Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2008-61/
Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Secunia Research:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/
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