Headline
CVE-2016-8383: TALOS-2016-0208 || Cisco Talos Intelligence Group
An exploitable heap corruption vulnerability exists in the Doc_GetFontTable functionality of AntennaHouse DMC HTMLFilter. A specially crafted doc file can cause a heap corruption resulting in arbitrary code execution. An attacker can send/provide malicious doc file to trigger this vulnerability.
Summary
An exploitable heap corruption vulnerability exists in the Doc_GetFontTable functionality of AntennaHouse DMC HTMLFilter. A specially crafted doc file can cause a heap corruption resulting in arbitrary code execution. An attacker can send/provide malicious doc file to trigger this vulnerability.
Tested Versions
AntennaHouse DMC HTMLFilter shipped with MarkLogic 8.0-5.5 1415cbc784f05db0e9db424636df581a libdhf_comm.so 81db1b55e18a0cb70a78410147f50b9c libdhf_htmlif.so fb1a22fa08c986ec3614284f4e912b0a libdhf_rdoc.so b2622da4ce1aa7fa4aac10ee7d3407cf libdhf_rppt.so 1eabb31236c675f9856a7d001b339334 libdhf_rxls.so d716dd77c8e9ee88df435e74fad687e6 libdhf_whtml.so 15b0acc464fba28335239f722a62037f libdmc_comm.so 4ae366fbd4540dd4c750e6679eb63dd4 libdmc_conf.so 84009641f744d88fd1737d59b7c71ab1 libdmc_dtct.so
Product URLs
https://www.antennahouse.com/antenna1/
CVSSv3 Score
8.3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSSv3 Calculator: https://www.first.org/cvss/calculator/3.0
Details
This vulnerability is present in the AntennaHouse DMC HTMLFilter which is used among others to convert doc files to (x)html form. This product is mainly used by MarkLogic for doc document conversions as part of their web based document search and rendering engine. A specially crafted DOC file can lead to an heap corruption and ultimately to remote code execution.
Let’s investigate this vulnerability. After execution the doc to html converter with malformed doc file as an input we can easily observe a couple of flaws using Valgrind:
icewall@ubuntu:~/bugs/cvtofc$ valgrind ./convert config_doc
==4844== Memcheck, a memory error detector
==4844== Copyright (C) 2002-2013, and GNU GPL'd, by Julian Seward et al.
==4844== Using Valgrind-3.10.1 and LibVEX; rerun with -h for copyright info
==4844== Command: ./convert config_doc
==4844==
input=/home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/config_doc/toconv.doc
output=/home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/config_doc/conv.html
type=1
info.options='0'
Return from GetFileInfo=0
HtmlInfo.GroupName=UTF-8
HtmlInfo.DefLangName=English
HtmlInfo.bBigEndian=0
HtmlInfo.options=0
HtmlInfo.SheetId=0
HtmlInfo.SlideId=0
HtmlInfo.lpFunc=(nil)
HtmlInfo.szImageFolder=
==4844== Invalid write of size 1
==4844== at 0x63838A6: Doc_GetFontTable (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x635CF4C: SimReadText (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x6342C7E: DHF_ROpen (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x4039765: FilterToHtml (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_htmlif.so)
==4844== by 0x4038AFB: DHF_GetHtml_V11 (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_htmlif.so)
==4844== by 0x8049AF7: main (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/convert)
==4844== Address 0x4351ce8 is 0 bytes after a block of size 0 alloc'd
==4844== at 0x402A17C: malloc (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-x86-linux.so)
==4844== by 0x42DACB1: DMC_malloc (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdmc_comm.so)
==4844== by 0x6383826: Doc_GetFontTable (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x635CF4C: SimReadText (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x6342C7E: DHF_ROpen (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x4039765: FilterToHtml (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_htmlif.so)
==4844== by 0x4038AFB: DHF_GetHtml_V11 (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_htmlif.so)
==4844== by 0x8049AF7: main (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/convert)
==4844==
==4844== Invalid read of size 1
==4844== at 0x63838B2: Doc_GetFontTable (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x635CF4C: SimReadText (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x6342C7E: DHF_ROpen (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x4039765: FilterToHtml (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_htmlif.so)
==4844== by 0x4038AFB: DHF_GetHtml_V11 (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_htmlif.so)
==4844== by 0x8049AF7: main (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/convert)
==4844== Address 0x4351ce8 is 0 bytes after a block of size 0 alloc'd
==4844== at 0x402A17C: malloc (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-x86-linux.so)
==4844== by 0x42DACB1: DMC_malloc (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdmc_comm.so)
==4844== by 0x6383826: Doc_GetFontTable (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x635CF4C: SimReadText (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x6342C7E: DHF_ROpen (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x4039765: FilterToHtml (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_htmlif.so)
==4844== by 0x4038AFB: DHF_GetHtml_V11 (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_htmlif.so)
==4844== by 0x8049AF7: main (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/convert)
==4844==
==4844== Invalid write of size 1
==4844== at 0x63838D4: Doc_GetFontTable (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x635CF4C: SimReadText (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x6342C7E: DHF_ROpen (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x4039765: FilterToHtml (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_htmlif.so)
==4844== by 0x4038AFB: DHF_GetHtml_V11 (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_htmlif.so)
==4844== by 0x8049AF7: main (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/convert)
==4844== Address 0x4351ce9 is 1 bytes after a block of size 0 alloc'd
==4844== at 0x402A17C: malloc (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-x86-linux.so)
==4844== by 0x42DACB1: DMC_malloc (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdmc_comm.so)
==4844== by 0x6383826: Doc_GetFontTable (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x635CF4C: SimReadText (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x6342C7E: DHF_ROpen (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x4039765: FilterToHtml (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_htmlif.so)
==4844== by 0x4038AFB: DHF_GetHtml_V11 (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_htmlif.so)
==4844== by 0x8049AF7: main (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/convert)
==4844==
==4844== Invalid write of size 1
==4844== at 0x63838E6: Doc_GetFontTable (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x635CF4C: SimReadText (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x6342C7E: DHF_ROpen (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x4039765: FilterToHtml (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_htmlif.so)
==4844== by 0x4038AFB: DHF_GetHtml_V11 (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_htmlif.so)
==4844== by 0x8049AF7: main (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/convert)
==4844== Address 0x4351cea is 2 bytes after a block of size 0 alloc'd
==4844== at 0x402A17C: malloc (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-x86-linux.so)
==4844== by 0x42DACB1: DMC_malloc (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdmc_comm.so)
==4844== by 0x6383826: Doc_GetFontTable (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x635CF4C: SimReadText (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x6342C7E: DHF_ROpen (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x4039765: FilterToHtml (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_htmlif.so)
==4844== by 0x4038AFB: DHF_GetHtml_V11 (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_htmlif.so)
==4844== by 0x8049AF7: main (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/convert)
==4844==
==4844== Invalid write of size 1
==4844== at 0x63838F8: Doc_GetFontTable (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x635CF4C: SimReadText (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x6342C7E: DHF_ROpen (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x4039765: FilterToHtml (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_htmlif.so)
==4844== by 0x4038AFB: DHF_GetHtml_V11 (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_htmlif.so)
==4844== by 0x8049AF7: main (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/convert)
==4844== Address 0x4351ceb is 3 bytes after a block of size 0 alloc'd
==4844== at 0x402A17C: malloc (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-x86-linux.so)
==4844== by 0x42DACB1: DMC_malloc (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdmc_comm.so)
==4844== by 0x6383826: Doc_GetFontTable (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x635CF4C: SimReadText (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x6342C7E: DHF_ROpen (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x4039765: FilterToHtml (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_htmlif.so)
==4844== by 0x4038AFB: DHF_GetHtml_V11 (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_htmlif.so)
==4844== by 0x8049AF7: main (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/convert)
==4844==
==4844== Invalid write of size 1
==4844== at 0x638390A: Doc_GetFontTable (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x635CF4C: SimReadText (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x6342C7E: DHF_ROpen (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x4039765: FilterToHtml (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_htmlif.so)
==4844== by 0x4038AFB: DHF_GetHtml_V11 (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_htmlif.so)
==4844== by 0x8049AF7: main (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/convert)
==4844== Address 0x4351cec is 4 bytes after a block of size 0 alloc'd
==4844== at 0x402A17C: malloc (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-x86-linux.so)
==4844== by 0x42DACB1: DMC_malloc (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdmc_comm.so)
==4844== by 0x6383826: Doc_GetFontTable (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x635CF4C: SimReadText (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x6342C7E: DHF_ROpen (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x4039765: FilterToHtml (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_htmlif.so)
==4844== by 0x4038AFB: DHF_GetHtml_V11 (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_htmlif.so)
==4844== by 0x8049AF7: main (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/convert)
==4844==
==4844== Invalid write of size 1
==4844== at 0x6383917: Doc_GetFontTable (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x635CF4C: SimReadText (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x6342C7E: DHF_ROpen (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x4039765: FilterToHtml (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_htmlif.so)
==4844== by 0x4038AFB: DHF_GetHtml_V11 (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_htmlif.so)
==4844== by 0x8049AF7: main (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/convert)
==4844== Address 0x4351ced is 5 bytes after a block of size 0 alloc'd
==4844== at 0x402A17C: malloc (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-x86-linux.so)
==4844== by 0x42DACB1: DMC_malloc (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdmc_comm.so)
==4844== by 0x6383826: Doc_GetFontTable (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x635CF4C: SimReadText (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x6342C7E: DHF_ROpen (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x4039765: FilterToHtml (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_htmlif.so)
==4844== by 0x4038AFB: DHF_GetHtml_V11 (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_htmlif.so)
==4844== by 0x8049AF7: main (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/convert)
==4844==
==4844== Invalid write of size 2
==4844== at 0x638392F: Doc_GetFontTable (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x635CF4C: SimReadText (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x6342C7E: DHF_ROpen (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x4039765: FilterToHtml (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_htmlif.so)
==4844== by 0x4038AFB: DHF_GetHtml_V11 (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_htmlif.so)
==4844== by 0x8049AF7: main (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/convert)
==4844== Address 0x4351cee is 6 bytes after a block of size 0 alloc'd
==4844== at 0x402A17C: malloc (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-x86-linux.so)
==4844== by 0x42DACB1: DMC_malloc (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdmc_comm.so)
==4844== by 0x6383826: Doc_GetFontTable (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x635CF4C: SimReadText (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x6342C7E: DHF_ROpen (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x4039765: FilterToHtml (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_htmlif.so)
==4844== by 0x4038AFB: DHF_GetHtml_V11 (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_htmlif.so)
==4844== by 0x8049AF7: main (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/convert)
==4844==
==4844== Invalid write of size 1
==4844== at 0x6383949: Doc_GetFontTable (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x635CF4C: SimReadText (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x6342C7E: DHF_ROpen (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x4039765: FilterToHtml (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_htmlif.so)
==4844== by 0x4038AFB: DHF_GetHtml_V11 (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_htmlif.so)
==4844== by 0x8049AF7: main (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/convert)
==4844== Address 0x4351cf0 is 8 bytes after a block of size 0 alloc'd
==4844== at 0x402A17C: malloc (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-x86-linux.so)
==4844== by 0x42DACB1: DMC_malloc (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdmc_comm.so)
==4844== by 0x6383826: Doc_GetFontTable (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x635CF4C: SimReadText (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x6342C7E: DHF_ROpen (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x4039765: FilterToHtml (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_htmlif.so)
==4844== by 0x4038AFB: DHF_GetHtml_V11 (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_htmlif.so)
==4844== by 0x8049AF7: main (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/convert)
==4844==
==4844== Invalid write of size 1
==4844== at 0x6383961: Doc_GetFontTable (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x635CF4C: SimReadText (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x6342C7E: DHF_ROpen (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x4039765: FilterToHtml (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_htmlif.so)
==4844== by 0x4038AFB: DHF_GetHtml_V11 (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_htmlif.so)
==4844== by 0x8049AF7: main (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/convert)
==4844== Address 0x4351cf1 is 9 bytes after a block of size 0 alloc'd
==4844== at 0x402A17C: malloc (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-x86-linux.so)
==4844== by 0x42DACB1: DMC_malloc (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdmc_comm.so)
==4844== by 0x6383826: Doc_GetFontTable (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x635CF4C: SimReadText (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x6342C7E: DHF_ROpen (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x4039765: FilterToHtml (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_htmlif.so)
==4844== by 0x4038AFB: DHF_GetHtml_V11 (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_htmlif.so)
==4844== by 0x8049AF7: main (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/convert)
==4844==
==4844== Invalid write of size 2
==4844== at 0x6383A24: Doc_GetFontTable (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x635CF4C: SimReadText (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x6342C7E: DHF_ROpen (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x4039765: FilterToHtml (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_htmlif.so)
==4844== by 0x4038AFB: DHF_GetHtml_V11 (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_htmlif.so)
==4844== by 0x8049AF7: main (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/convert)
==4844== Address 0x4351cf2 is 10 bytes after a block of size 0 alloc'd
==4844== at 0x402A17C: malloc (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-x86-linux.so)
==4844== by 0x42DACB1: DMC_malloc (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdmc_comm.so)
==4844== by 0x6383826: Doc_GetFontTable (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x635CF4C: SimReadText (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x6342C7E: DHF_ROpen (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x4039765: FilterToHtml (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_htmlif.so)
==4844== by 0x4038AFB: DHF_GetHtml_V11 (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_htmlif.so)
==4844== by 0x8049AF7: main (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/convert)
==4844==
==4844== Invalid write of size 2
==4844== at 0x63839D5: Doc_GetFontTable (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x635CF4C: SimReadText (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x6342C7E: DHF_ROpen (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x4039765: FilterToHtml (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_htmlif.so)
==4844== by 0x4038AFB: DHF_GetHtml_V11 (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_htmlif.so)
==4844== by 0x8049AF7: main (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/convert)
==4844== Address 0x43520f2 is 18 bytes after a block of size 8 alloc'd
==4844== at 0x402A17C: malloc (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-x86-linux.so)
==4844== by 0x42DACB1: DMC_malloc (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdmc_comm.so)
==4844== by 0x42E588B: initStruct (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdmc_comm.so)
==4844== by 0x42E2E0C: initLimit (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdmc_comm.so)
==4844== by 0x42DEEE9: loadHex (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdmc_comm.so)
==4844== by 0x42DF417: isBaseSet (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdmc_comm.so)
==4844== by 0x42DFE59: xmlReadXML (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdmc_comm.so)
==4844== by 0x42DED8F: cconvLoadRule (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdmc_comm.so)
==4844== by 0x4038C06: _init (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_htmlif.so)
==4844== by 0x400ED16: call_init.part.0 (dl-init.c:64)
==4844== by 0x400EE43: call_init (dl-init.c:36)
==4844== by 0x400EE43: _dl_init (dl-init.c:126)
==4844== by 0x400110E: ??? (in /lib/i386-linux-gnu/ld-2.19.so)
==4844==
==4844== Invalid read of size 1
==4844== at 0x6383A9B: Doc_GetFontTable (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x635CF4C: SimReadText (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x6342C7E: DHF_ROpen (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x4039765: FilterToHtml (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_htmlif.so)
==4844== by 0x4038AFB: DHF_GetHtml_V11 (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_htmlif.so)
==4844== by 0x8049AF7: main (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/convert)
==4844== Address 0x4351ce8 is 0 bytes after a block of size 0 alloc'd
==4844== at 0x402A17C: malloc (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-x86-linux.so)
==4844== by 0x42DACB1: DMC_malloc (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdmc_comm.so)
==4844== by 0x6383826: Doc_GetFontTable (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x635CF4C: SimReadText (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x6342C7E: DHF_ROpen (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x4039765: FilterToHtml (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_htmlif.so)
==4844== by 0x4038AFB: DHF_GetHtml_V11 (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_htmlif.so)
==4844== by 0x8049AF7: main (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/convert)
==4844==
==4844== Invalid read of size 2
==4844== at 0x6383AA0: Doc_GetFontTable (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x635CF4C: SimReadText (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x6342C7E: DHF_ROpen (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so)
==4844== by 0x4039765: FilterToHtml (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_htmlif.so)
==4844== by 0x4038AFB: DHF_GetHtml_V11 (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_htmlif.so)
==4844== by 0x8049AF7: main (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/convert)
==4844== Address 0x43520f2 is 18 bytes after a block of size 8 alloc'd
==4844== at 0x402A17C: malloc (in /usr/lib/valgrind/vgpreload_memcheck-x86-linux.so)
==4844== by 0x42DACB1: DMC_malloc (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdmc_comm.so)
==4844== by 0x42E588B: initStruct (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdmc_comm.so)
==4844== by 0x42E2E0C: initLimit (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdmc_comm.so)
==4844== by 0x42DEEE9: loadHex (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdmc_comm.so)
==4844== by 0x42DF417: isBaseSet (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdmc_comm.so)
==4844== by 0x42DFE59: xmlReadXML (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdmc_comm.so)
==4844== by 0x42DED8F: cconvLoadRule (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdmc_comm.so)
==4844== by 0x4038C06: _init (in /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_htmlif.so)
==4844== by 0x400ED16: call_init.part.0 (dl-init.c:64)
==4844== by 0x400EE43: call_init (dl-init.c:36)
==4844== by 0x400EE43: _dl_init (dl-init.c:126)
==4844== by 0x400110E: ??? (in /lib/i386-linux-gnu/ld-2.19.so)
We see in the first couple lines of the Valgrind output thatthe Doc_GetFontTable function argument passed to malloc is equal to 0: Address 0x4351ce8 is 0 bytes after a block of size 0 alloc’d
That’s the root cause of these OOB writes that we could observe above. Ok, we know where the problem is, let’s take a glance at the pseudo code of this function and investigate the origin of the malloc argument.
The pseudo code of this function looks like this:
Line 1 signed int __cdecl Doc_GetFontTable(struct_a1_1 *a1)
Line 2 {
Line 3 int v1; // eax@2
Line 4 int v2; // eax@5
Line 5 signed int result; // eax@7
Line 6 void *v4; // eax@11
Line 7 int v5; // esi@16
Line 8 unsigned __int8 v6; // al@16
Line 9 unsigned __int16 v7; // cx@17
Line 10 signed int v8; // [esp+Ch] [ebp-2Ch]@1
Line 11 char v9; // [esp+11h] [ebp-27h]@1
Line 12 unsigned __int16 v10; // [esp+12h] [ebp-26h]@1
Line 13 int v11; // [esp+14h] [ebp-24h]@1
Line 14 int v12; // [esp+18h] [ebp-20h]@1
Line 15 unsigned int v13; // [esp+1Ch] [ebp-1Ch]@16
Line 16 unsigned int v14; // [esp+20h] [ebp-18h]@11
Line 17 unsigned int v15; // [esp+24h] [ebp-14h]@1
Line 18 unsigned int v16; // [esp+28h] [ebp-10h]@1
Line 19
Line 20 v16 = 0;
Line 21 v15 = 0;
Line 22 v12 = a1->dword38EC;
Line 23 v11 = 0;
Line 24 v10 = 0;
Line 25 v9 = 0;
Line 26 v8 = 0;
Line 27 if ( a1->dword10 )
Line 28 {
Line 29 v1 = a1->dword12C;
Line 30 if ( *(_DWORD *)(v1 + 324) )
Line 31 {
Line 32 v15 = ReadBuf(a1->dword10, *(_DWORD *)(a1->dword12C + 320), *(_DWORD *)(v1 + 324));
Line 33 goto LABEL_10;
Line 34 }
Line 35 return 1;
Line 36 }
Line 37 if ( a1->dword1C )
Line 38 {
Line 39 v2 = a1->dword12C;
Line 40 if ( *(_DWORD *)(v2 + 324) )
Line 41 {
Line 42 v15 = DMC_malloc(*(_DWORD *)(v2 + 324));
Line 43 if ( !v15 )
Line 44 return 25;
Line 45 DMC_FileSeek(a1->dword1C, *(_DWORD *)(a1->dword12C + 320), 0);
Line 46 DMC_FileRead(v15, 1, *(_DWORD *)(a1->dword12C + 324), a1->dword1C);
Line 47 goto LABEL_10;
Line 48 }
Line 49 return 1;
Line 50 }
Line 51LABEL_10:
Line 52 result = 25;
Line 53 if ( v15 )
Line 54 {
Line 55 v16 = v15;
Line 56 v14 = v15 + *(_DWORD *)(a1->dword12C + 324);
Line 57 a1->dword38A4 = Doc_GetDWord(v15, v12);
Line 58 v16 += 4;
Line 59 v4 = (void *)DMC_malloc(1038 * a1->dword38A4);
Line 60 a1->fontTable = v4;
Line 61 if ( v4 )
Line 62 {
Line 63 memset(a1->fontTable, 0, 1038 * a1->dword38A4);
Line 64 while ( v16 < v14 )
Line 65 {
Line 66 v5 = 1038 * v11;
Line 67 *((_BYTE *)a1->fontTable + 1038 * v11) = Doc_GetBYTE(v16++);
Line 68 v13 = v16 + *((unsigned __int8 *)a1->fontTable + 1038 * v11);
Line 69 v6 = Doc_GetBYTE(v16++);
Line 70 *((_BYTE *)a1->fontTable + v5 + 1) = v6 & 3;
Line 71 *((_BYTE *)a1->fontTable + v5 + 2) = (unsigned __int8)(v6 & 4) >> 2;
Line 72 *((_BYTE *)a1->fontTable + v5 + 3) = (unsigned __int8)(v6 & 8) >> 3;
Line 73 *((_BYTE *)a1->fontTable + v5 + 4) = (unsigned __int8)(v6 & 0x70) >> 4;
Line 74 *((_BYTE *)a1->fontTable + v5 + 5) = v6 >> 7;
Line 75 *(_WORD *)((char *)a1->fontTable + v5 + 6) = Doc_GetWord(v16, v12);
Line 76 v16 += 2;
Line 77 *((_BYTE *)a1->fontTable + v5 + 8) = Doc_GetBYTE(v16++);
Line 78 *((_BYTE *)a1->fontTable + v5 + 9) = Doc_GetBYTE(v16);
Line 79 v16 += 35;
We see that in line 32 some data is read from file and assign to v15 pointer. First 128 bytes of that buffer: (rr) hexdump 0x9761dc8 128 0x09761dc8 : 00 00 00 00 47 0e 90 01 00 00 02 02 06 03 05 04 ….G………… 0x09761dd8 : 05 02 03 04 03 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ……………. 0x09761de8 : 00 00 00 00 01 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 54 00 69 00 …………T.i. 0x09761df8 : 6d 00 65 00 73 00 20 00 4e 00 65 00 77 00 20 00 m.e.s. .N.e.w. . 0x09761e08 : 52 00 6f 00 6d 00 61 00 6e 00 00 00 35 06 90 01 R.o.m.a.n…5… 0x09761e18 : 02 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 ……………. 0x09761e28 : 00 00 00 10 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 80 ……………. 0x09761e38 : 00 00 00 00 53 00 79 00 6d 00 62 00 6f 00 6c 00 ….S.y.m.b.o.l.
At line 57, the first DWORD from this buffer is read and assigned to the a1->dword38A4 field. Next at line 59, the value of that field is used as an argument to malloc.
From the buffer dump we can see that the first DWORD is equal 0. That explains everything: the value from the file is passed directly as an argument to malloc.
In our case it’s equal 0 which causes the result of the multiplication to also be 0. This is not the only bad scenario: this could also lead to an integer overflow, leading to the same results which is heap corruption.
Let’s see how many bytes are available in a buffer malloced with the argument 0.
[-------------------------------------code-------------------------------------]
0xf72c181b: sub eax,edx
0xf72c181d: shl eax,1
0xf72c181f: mov DWORD PTR [esp],eax
=> 0xf72c1822: call 0xf727ff8c <DMC_malloc@plt>
0xf72c1827: mov DWORD PTR [edi+0x38a0],eax
0xf72c182d: add esp,0x10
0xf72c1830: test eax,eax
0xf72c1832: jne 0xf72c1854
Guessed arguments:
arg[0]: 0x0
[------------------------------------stack-------------------------------------]
0000| 0xffced770 --> 0x0
0004| 0xffced774 --> 0x0
0008| 0xffced778 --> 0x164
0012| 0xffced77c --> 0xf72c16d6 --> 0xaec3815b
0016| 0xffced780 --> 0xf72e2a84 --> 0x6698c
0020| 0xffced784 --> 0x9761fba --> 0x0
0024| 0xffced788 --> 0xffced7b8 --> 0xffceef58 --> 0xffceef88 --> 0xffceefb8 --> 0xffcef398 --> 0xffcff708 --> 0x0
0028| 0xffced78c --> 0x0
[------------------------------------------------------------------------------]
Legend: code, data, rodata, value
(rr)
[----------------------------------registers-----------------------------------]
EAX: 0x9714268 --> 0xf761b460 --> 0xf761b458 --> 0xf761b450 --> 0x9761f28 --> 0x68 ('h')
EBX: 0xf72e2a84 --> 0x6698c
ECX: 0xf761b420 --> 0x0
EDX: 0x9714268 --> 0xf761b460 --> 0xf761b458 --> 0xf761b450 --> 0x9761f28 --> 0x68 ('h')
ESI: 0x0
EDI: 0x9757d10 --> 0x0
EBP: 0xffced7b8 --> 0xffceef58 --> 0xffceef88 --> 0xffceefb8 --> 0xffcef398 --> 0xffcff708 --> 0x0
ESP: 0xffced770 --> 0x0
EIP: 0xf72c1827 --> 0x38a08789
EFLAGS: 0x286 (carry PARITY adjust zero SIGN trap INTERRUPT direction overflow)
[-------------------------------------code-------------------------------------]
0xf72c181d: shl eax,1
0xf72c181f: mov DWORD PTR [esp],eax
0xf72c1822: call 0xf727ff8c <DMC_malloc@plt>
=> 0xf72c1827: mov DWORD PTR [edi+0x38a0],eax
0xf72c182d: add esp,0x10
0xf72c1830: test eax,eax
0xf72c1832: jne 0xf72c1854
0xf72c1834: cmp DWORD PTR [ebp-0x14],0x0
[------------------------------------stack-------------------------------------]
0000| 0xffced770 --> 0x0
0004| 0xffced774 --> 0x0
0008| 0xffced778 --> 0x164
0012| 0xffced77c --> 0xf72c16d6 --> 0xaec3815b
0016| 0xffced780 --> 0xf72e2a84 --> 0x6698c
0020| 0xffced784 --> 0x9761fba --> 0x0
0024| 0xffced788 --> 0xffced7b8 --> 0xffceef58 --> 0xffceef88 --> 0xffceefb8 --> 0xffcef398 --> 0xffcff708 --> 0x0
0028| 0xffced78c --> 0x0
[------------------------------------------------------------------------------]
Legend: code, data, rodata, value
(rr) print malloc_usable_size($eax)
$149 = 0x14
So that means we have 0x14 bytes available for use. From line 64 to line 79 we see a while loop with a lot of writes into a1->fontTable. The range of these write operations is much bigger than the allocated buffer capacity which leads to heap corruption.
Crash Information
Starting program: /home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/convert config_doc
[Thread debugging using libthread_db enabled]
Using host libthread_db library "/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu/libthread_db.so.1".
input=/home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/config_doc/toconv.doc
output=/home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/config_doc/conv.html
type=1
info.options='0'
Return from GetFileInfo=0
HtmlInfo.GroupName=UTF-8
HtmlInfo.DefLangName=English
HtmlInfo.bBigEndian=0
HtmlInfo.options=0
HtmlInfo.SheetId=0
HtmlInfo.SlideId=0
HtmlInfo.lpFunc=(nil)
HtmlInfo.szImageFolder=
*** Error in `/home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/convert': free(): invalid next size (fast): 0x08054480 ***
Program received signal SIGABRT, Aborted.
[----------------------------------registers-----------------------------------]
EAX: 0x0
EBX: 0x12d8
ECX: 0x12d8
EDX: 0x6
ESI: 0x63 ('c')
EDI: 0xf7f08000 --> 0x1aada8
EBP: 0xfffeaff8 --> 0xf7f08420 --> 0x0
ESP: 0xfffead34 --> 0xfffeaff8 --> 0xf7f08420 --> 0x0
EIP: 0xf7fdace0 (pop ebp)
EFLAGS: 0x296 (carry PARITY ADJUST zero SIGN trap INTERRUPT direction overflow)
[-------------------------------------code-------------------------------------]
0xf7fdacdc: nop
0xf7fdacdd: nop
0xf7fdacde: int 0x80
=> 0xf7fdace0: pop ebp
0xf7fdace1: pop edx
0xf7fdace2: pop ecx
0xf7fdace3: ret
0xf7fdace4: int3
[------------------------------------stack-------------------------------------]
0000| 0xfffead34 --> 0xfffeaff8 --> 0xf7f08420 --> 0x0
0004| 0xfffead38 --> 0x6
0008| 0xfffead3c --> 0x12d8
0012| 0xfffead40 --> 0xf7d8b687 (xchg ebx,edi)
0016| 0xfffead44 --> 0xf7f08000 --> 0x1aada8
0020| 0xfffead48 --> 0xfffeade4 --> 0x0
0024| 0xfffead4c --> 0xf7d8eab3 (mov edx,DWORD PTR gs:0x8)
0028| 0xfffead50 --> 0x6
[------------------------------------------------------------------------------]
Legend: code, data, rodata, value
Stopped reason: SIGABRT
0xf7fdace0 in ?? ()
gdb-peda$ bt
#0 0xf7fdace0 in ?? ()
#1 0xf7dd04ba in malloc_printerr (action=<optimized out>, str=0xf7ec2e5c "free(): invalid next size (fast)", ptr=0x8054480) at malloc.c:4996
#2 0xf7dd112d in _int_free (av=0xf7f08420 <main_arena>, p=<optimized out>, have_lock=0x0) at malloc.c:3840
#3 0xf7cdbcd6 in DMC_free () from ./libdmc_comm.so
#4 0xf7cbe5c3 in FreeBuf () from ./libdhf_rdoc.so
#5 0xf7cc08e4 in Doc_Free () from ./libdhf_rdoc.so
#6 0xf7c8c22d in SimReadText () from ./libdhf_rdoc.so
#7 0xf7c6cc7f in DHF_ROpen () from ./libdhf_rdoc.so
#8 0xf7fd4766 in FilterToHtml () from ./libdhf_htmlif.so
#9 0xf7fd3afc in DHF_GetHtml_V11 () from ./libdhf_htmlif.so
#10 0x08049af8 in main ()
#11 0xf7d76af3 in __libc_start_main (main=0x8049730 <main>, argc=0x2, argv=0xffffd124, init=0x8049f70 <__libc_csu_init>, fini=0x8049f60 <__libc_csu_fini>, rtld_fini=0xf7feb160 <_dl_fini>,
stack_end=0xffffd11c) at libc-start.c:287
#12 0x08048ad1 in _start ()
gdb-peda$ exploitable -m
Warning: machine string printing is deprecated and may be removed in a future release.
EXCEPTION_FAULTING_ADDRESS:0x000000000012d8
EXCEPTION_CODE:0x6
FAULTING_INSTRUCTION:pop ebp
MAJOR_HASH:33caf8673bdc21cb3af70d774abb6a6c
MINOR_HASH:8c348e78f980b542ffb23c540c3930ad
STACK_DEPTH:11
STACK_FRAME:[vdso]+0x0
STACK_FRAME:/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc-2.19.so!malloc_printerr+0x0
STACK_FRAME:/lib/i386-linux-gnu/libc-2.19.so!_int_free+0x0
STACK_FRAME:/home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdmc_comm.so!DMC_free+0x0
STACK_FRAME:/home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so!FreeBuf+0x0
STACK_FRAME:/home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so!Doc_Free+0x0
STACK_FRAME:/home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so!SimReadText+0x0
STACK_FRAME:/home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_rdoc.so!DHF_ROpen+0x0
STACK_FRAME:/home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_htmlif.so!FilterToHtml+0x0
STACK_FRAME:/home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/libdhf_htmlif.so!DHF_GetHtml_V11+0x0
STACK_FRAME:/home/icewall/bugs/cvtofc/convert!main+0x0
INSTRUCTION_ADDRESS:0x000000f7fdace0
INVOKING_STACK_FRAME:0
DESCRIPTION:Heap error
SHORT_DESCRIPTION:HeapError (15/29)
OTHER_RULES:AbortSignal (27/29)
CLASSIFICATION:EXPLOITABLE
EXPLANATION:The target's backtrace indicates that libc has detected a heap error or that the target was executing a heap function when it stopped. This could be due to heap corruption, passing a bad pointer to a heap function such as free(), etc. Since heap errors might include buffer overflows, use-after-free situations, etc. they are generally considered exploitable.
Description: Heap error
Short description: HeapError (15/29)
Hash: 33caf8673bdc21cb3af70d774abb6a6c.8c348e78f980b542ffb23c540c3930ad
Exploitability Classification: EXPLOITABLE
Explanation: The target's backtrace indicates that libc has detected a heap error or that the target was executing a heap function when it stopped. This could be due to heap corruption, passing a bad pointer to a heap function such as free(), etc. Since heap errors might include buffer overflows, use-after-free situations, etc. they are generally considered exploitable.
Other tags: AbortSignal (27/29)
Timeline
2016-10-10 - Vendor Disclosure
2017-05-04 - Public Release
Discovered by Marcin ‘Icewall’ Noga of Cisco Talos.