Advisory Details

December 15th, 2016

Autodesk Design Review GIF LZW Out-Of-Bounds Indexing Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI-16-665
ZDI-CAN-3525

CVE ID
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 GIF files. The issue lies in the failure to properly validate that a user-supplied length is within the bounds of the allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code within the context of the 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?v=2013
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2016-11-09 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2016-12-15 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT Mario Gomes(@Netfuzzer)
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