ZDI-07-048: Microsoft Internet Explorer substringData() Heap Overflow
Vulnerability
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-07-048.html
August 14, 2007
-- CVE ID:
CVE-2007-2223
CVE-2007-2224
-- Affected Vendor:
Microsoft
-- Affected Products:
Windows 2000
Windows XP
Windows Server 2003
Windows Vista
Windows Office 2003
Visual Basic 6.0
-- TippingPoint(TM) IPS Customer Protection:
TippingPoint IPS customers have been protected against this
vulnerability since February 8, 2007 by Digital Vaccine protection
filter ID 5098. 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 various Microsoft software User interaction
is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit
a malicious page.
The specific flaw exists in the substringData() method available on the
TextNode JavaScript object. When specific parameters are passed to the
method, an integer overflow occurs causing incorrect memory allocation.
If this event occurs after a different ActiveX object has been
instantiated, an exploitable condition is created when the ActiveX
object is deallocated which can result in the execution of arbitrary
code.
-- Vendor Response:
Microsoft has issued updates to correct this vulnerability. More details
can be found at:
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-042.mspx
http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-043.mspx
-- Disclosure Timeline:
2006.10.03 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
2007.02.08 - Digital Vaccine released to TippingPoint customers
2007.08.14 - Coordinated public release of advisory
-- Credit:
This vulnerability was discovered by an anonymous researcher.
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