Advisory Details

December 8th, 2015

Autodesk Design Review BMP biClrUsed Buffer Overflow Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2015-8571
CVSS SCORE	6.8, AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
AFFECTED VENDORS	Autodesk
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	Design Review
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of Autodesk Design Review. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the handling of BMP files. The issue lies in the the failure to test for an integer overflow when multiplying the biClrUsed value by four. An attacker could leverage this vulnerability to execute code within the context of the current process.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	Autodesk has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: https://knowledge.autodesk.com/support/design-review/downloads/caas/downloads/content/autodesk-design-review-2013-hotfix.html
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2015-05-20 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2015-12-08 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	kdot

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