Apple Mac OS X ImageIO TIFF Images Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Apple Mac OS X ImageIO TIFF Images Remote Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Mac OS X is prone to a buffer-overflow vulnerability. This issue is due to a stack-based buffer-overflow that results in a buffer being overrun with attacker-supplied data.

This issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary machine code in the context of the affected application. Failed exploit attempts will likely crash the application, denying service to legitimate users.

This issue was initially discussed in BID 18686 (Apple Mac OS X Multiple Security Vulnerabilities), which has been split into individual BIDs to discuss each issue separately.