Adobe Products BMP Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Last Update Date:
28 Jan 2011
Release Date:
23 Apr 2008
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RISK: Medium Risk
A vulnerability has been identified in multiple Adobe products, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service or take complete control of an affected system. This issue is caused by a buffer overflow error when parsing malformed BMP images, which could be exploited by attackers to crash an affected application or execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted file.
Impact
- Remote Code Execution
System / Technologies affected
- Adobe After Effects CS3
- Adobe Photoshop Album Starter Edition 3.x
Solutions
There is no patch available for this vulnerability currently.
Temporary Solution:
- Do not process untrusted BMP files using the affected applications.
- Do not connect untrusted storage devices to the local computer.
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