ZDI-08-033: Motorola RAZR JPG Processing Stack Overflow Vulnerability

http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-033

May 27, 2008

-- Affected Vendors:

Motorola

-- Affected Products:

Motorola RAZR

-- Vulnerability Details:

This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on

vulnerable Motorola RAZR firmware based cell phones. User interaction is

required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must accept a

malicious image sent via MMS.

The specific flaw exists in the JPEG thumbprint component of the EXIF

parser. A corrupt JPEG received via MMS can cause a memory corruption

which can be leveraged to execute arbitrary code on the affected device.

-- Vendor Response:

Motorola states:

Together, ZDI and Motorola have identified a potential vulnerability

related to viewing malicious, manipulated JPEG files affecting select

RAZR-series devices. Although the possibility of this vulnerability

occurring is very remote and would only occur in unique circumstances,

Motorola proactively corrected it in all new device releases.

To ensure that you have the latest software load available for your

device, please visit

http://direct.motorola.com/hellomoto/NSS/update_my_software.asp

-- Disclosure Timeline:

2007-07-10 - Vulnerability reported to vendor

2008-05-27 - Coordinated public release of advisory

-- Credit:

This vulnerability was discovered by:

* Anonymous

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