Heap-based buffer overflow in ImageIO in Apple Mac OS X before 10.6.8 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted JPEG2000 image.

The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.6.x that is prior to 10.6.8. This update contains security-related fixes for the following components :

  - App Store
  - ATS
  - Certificate Trust Policy
  - CoreFoundation
  - CoreGraphics
  - FTP Server
  - ImageIO
  - International Components for Unicode
  - Kernel
  - Libsystem
  - libxslt
  - MobileMe
  - MySQL
  - OpenSSL
  - patch
  - QuickLook
  - QuickTime
  - Samba
  - servermgrd
  - subversion

The remote host is running a version of Mac OS X 10.5 that does not have Security Update 2011-004 applied. This update contains security- related fixes for the following components :

  - AirPort
  - App Store
  - ColorSync
  - CoreGraphics
  - ImageIO
  - Libsystem
  - libxslt
  - MySQL
  - patch
  - Samba
  - servermgrd
  - subversion

Versions of Mac OS X 10.6 earlier than 10.6.8 are potentially affected by a security issue.  Mac OS X 10.6.8 contains a security fix for the following products :

  - App Store

  - ATS

  - Certificate Trust Policy

  - CoreFoundation

  - CoreGraphics

  - FTP Server

  - ImageIO

  - International Components for Unicode

  - Kernel

  - Libsystem

  - libxslt

  - MobileMe

  - MySQL

  - OpenSSL

  - patch

  - QuickLook

  - QuickTime

  - Samba

  - servermgrd

  - subversion

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
55416	Mac OS X 10.6.x < 10.6.8 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	Combined	critical
55415	Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities (Security Update 2011-004)	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	Local	high
5968	Mac OS X 10.6 < 10.6.8 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus Network Monitor	Generic		critical

Detections

Analytics

CVE-2011-0205

high

Tenable Plugins

critical

high

critical