Vulnerabilities > CVE-2006-4183 - Buffer Errors vulnerability in Microsoft Directx SDK February2006

047910
CVSS 6.8 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
MEDIUM
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
PARTIAL
Availability impact
PARTIAL
network
microsoft
CWE-119
NVD
Published: 2007-07-18
Updated: 2018-10-17

Summary

Heap-based buffer overflow in Microsoft DirectX SDK (February 2006) and probably earlier, including 9.0c End User Runtimes, allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Targa file with a run-length-encoding (RLE) compression that produces more data than expected when decoding.

Vulnerable Configurations

Part Description Count
Application
Microsoft
1

Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

  • Buffer Overflow via Environment Variables
    This attack pattern involves causing a buffer overflow through manipulation of environment variables. Once the attacker finds that they can modify an environment variable, they may try to overflow associated buffers. This attack leverages implicit trust often placed in environment variables.
  • Overflow Buffers
    Buffer Overflow attacks target improper or missing bounds checking on buffer operations, typically triggered by input injected by an attacker. As a consequence, an attacker is able to write past the boundaries of allocated buffer regions in memory, causing a program crash or potentially redirection of execution as per the attackers' choice.
  • Client-side Injection-induced Buffer Overflow
    This type of attack exploits a buffer overflow vulnerability in targeted client software through injection of malicious content from a custom-built hostile service.
  • Filter Failure through Buffer Overflow
    In this attack, the idea is to cause an active filter to fail by causing an oversized transaction. An attacker may try to feed overly long input strings to the program in an attempt to overwhelm the filter (by causing a buffer overflow) and hoping that the filter does not fail securely (i.e. the user input is let into the system unfiltered).
  • MIME Conversion
    An attacker exploits a weakness in the MIME conversion routine to cause a buffer overflow and gain control over the mail server machine. The MIME system is designed to allow various different information formats to be interpreted and sent via e-mail. Attack points exist when data are converted to MIME compatible format and back.

Seebug

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descriptionBUGTRAQ ID: 24963 CVE(CAN) ID: CVE-2006-4183 Microsoft DirectX是一个API集，用于在Windows操作系统上处理有关游戏编程的任务。 DirectX库打开RLE压缩的Targa格式图形文件的方式存在堆溢出漏洞，远程攻击者可能利用此漏洞通过诱使用户处理畸形文件控制用户系统。 Targa格式中可能存在多个颜色深度和图形存储选项、深度和图形存储选项，并允许使用游程长度编码（RLE）对图形数据进行压缩。为图形数据所分配的缓冲区是基于存储在图形中的宽度、高度和颜色深度，但在解压这种文件时没有执行正确的检查，如果编码指定的数据可以写过缓冲区的话，就可以触发可控的堆溢出。 Microsoft DirectX SDK Microsoft DirectX 9.x Microsoft DirectX 8.x Microsoft DirectX 7.x 目前厂商已经发布了升级补丁以修复这个安全问题，请到厂商的主页下载： <a href="http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=2DA43D38-DB71-4C1B-BC6A-9B6652CD92A3&amp;displaylang=en" target="_blank">http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=2DA43D38-DB71-4C1B-BC6A-9B6652CD92A3&amp;displaylang=en</a>
idSSV:2025
last seen2017-11-19
modified2007-07-20
published2007-07-20
reporterRoot
titleMicrosoft DirectX RLE压缩Targa图形文件堆溢出漏洞

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