KDE Konqueror Integer Overflow in Processing Pixmap Images May Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
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SecurityTracker Alert ID: 1017084 |
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SecurityTracker URL: http://securitytracker.com/id/1017084
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CVE Reference:
CVE-2006-4811
(Links to External Site)
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Date: Oct 18 2006
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Impact:
Execution of arbitrary code via network, User access via network
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Description:
A vulnerability was reported in KDE Konqueror. A remote user can cause arbitrary code to be executed on the target user's system.
A remote user can create a specially crafted pixmap image file that, when loaded by the target user, will trigger an integer overflow and execute arbitrary code on the target system. The code will run with the privileges of the target user.
The vulnerability resides in a Qt library function.
Georgi Guninski reported this vulnerability.
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Impact:
A remote user can create an image that, when loaded by the target user, will execute arbitrary code on the target user's system.
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Solution:
No upstream solution was available at the time of this entry.
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Vendor URL: www.kde.org/ (Links to External Site)
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Cause:
Boundary error
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Underlying OS:
Linux (Any), UNIX (Any)
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Message History:
This archive entry has one or more follow-up message(s) listed below.
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Source Message Contents
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Date: Wed, 18 Oct 2006 07:39:14 -0400
Subject: KDE Konqueror vulnerability
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Red Hat wrote:
An integer overflow flaw was found in the way Qt handled pixmap images.
The KDE khtml library uses Qt in such a way that untrusted parameters could
be passed to Qt, triggering the overflow. An attacker could for example
create a malicious web page that when viewed by a victim in the Konqueror
browser would cause Konqueror to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code
with the privileges of the victim. (CVE-2006-4811)
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