Advisory Details

December 15th, 2016

Autodesk Design Review PNG Use-After-Free Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

ZDI-16-668
ZDI-CAN-3593

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
TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['24648']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com
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 PNG files. A specially crafted PNG can force a dangling pointer to be reused after it has been freed. An attacker can 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?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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