[SA21672] Sony PSP TIFF Image Viewing Code Execution Vulnerability

TITLE:
Sony PSP TIFF Image Viewing Code Execution Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA21672

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http://secunia.com/advisories/21672/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Sony PlayStation Portable (PSP) 2.x
http://secunia.com/product/5764/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been discovered in Sony PlayStation Portable,
which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's
system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in libTIFF and can be
exploited to execute arbitrary code when a specially crafted TIFF
image is viewed in the Photo Viewer.

The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 2.60 and has also
been reported in versions 2.00 through 2.80.

SOLUTION:
Do not view untrusted images.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Discovered by NOPx86.

Additional research by psp250, Skylark, Joek2100, CSwindle, JimP, and
Fanjita.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://noobz.eu/content/home.html#280806

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