Check Point Advisories

Autodesk Design Review GIF GlobalColorTable DataSubBlock Buffer Overflow (CVE-2015-8572)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2016-0219
Date Published: 20 Mar 2016
Severity: Medium
Last Updated: Wednesday 11 January, 2017
Source: Autodesk
Industry Reference:CVE-2015-8572
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? Autodesk Design Review prior to 2013 Hotfix
Vulnerability Description A heap buffer overflow vulnerability exists in Autodesk Design Review. The vulnerability is due to an error when processing GlobalColorTable flag and DataSubBlock size fields inside a GIF file. In order to exploit the vulnerability, the remote attacker needs to entice the target user to open a malicious file using the vulnerable application. Successful exploitation would allow the attacker to execute arbitrary code.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the Autodesk Design Review GIF GlobalColorTable DataSubBlock Buffer Overflow protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Content Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  Autodesk Design Review GIF GlobalColorTable DataSubBlock Buffer Overflow

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