Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer
CVE-2010-2990
Summary
Citrix Online Plug-in for Windows for XenApp & XenDesktop before 11.2, Citrix Online Plug-in for Mac for XenApp & XenDesktop before 11.0, Citrix ICA Client for Linux before 11.100, Citrix ICA Client for Solaris before 8.63, and Citrix Receiver for Windows Mobile before 11.5 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via (1) a crafted HTML document, (2) a crafted .ICA file, or (3) a crafted type field in an ICA graphics packet, related to a "heap offset overflow" issue.
- MEDIUM
- NETWORK
- NONE
- COMPLETE
- COMPLETE
- COMPLETE
CWE-119 - Buffer Overflow
Buffer overflow attacks involve data transit and operations exceeding the restricted memory buffer, thereby corrupting or overwriting data in adjacent memory locations. Such overflow allows the attacker to run arbitrary code or manipulate the existing code to cause privilege escalation, data breach, denial of service, system crash and even complete system compromise. Given that languages such as C and C++ lack default safeguards against overwriting or accessing data in their memory, applications utilizing these languages are most susceptible to buffer overflows attacks.
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Advisory Timeline
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