Advisory Details

October 17th, 2018

Oracle Outside In vsxl5 GelFrame Record Out-Of-Bounds Read Information Disclosure Vulnerability

ZDI-18-1273
ZDI-CAN-7075

CVE ID CVE-2018-3147
CVSS SCORE 3.3, AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
AFFECTED VENDORS Oracle
AFFECTED PRODUCTS Outside In
VULNERABILITY DETAILS

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to disclose sensitive information on vulnerable installations of Oracle Outside In. 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 vsxl5.dll. When parsing the GelFrame record, the process does not properly validate user-supplied data, which can result in a read past the end of an allocated buffer. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to disclose sensitive information in the context of the current process.

ADDITIONAL DETAILS Oracle has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE
  • 2018-08-10 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
  • 2018-10-17 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT Kamlapati Choubey of Trend Micro Security Research
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