Oracle java runtime environment heap outofbounds read during ttf font rendering in extractbitmap_blocclass Vulnerability / Exploit
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Exploits / Vulnerability Discovered : 2019-02-18 |
Type : dos |
Platform : java
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A heap-based out-of-bounds read was observed in Oracle Java Runtime Environment version 8u202 (latest at the time of this writing) while fuzz-testing the processing of TrueType fonts. It manifests itself in the form of the following (or similar) crash:
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# A fatal error has been detected by the Java Runtime Environment:
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# SIGSEGV (0xb) at pc=0x00007f857116fde3, pid=31542, tid=0x00007f85a5a70700
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# JRE version: Java(TM) SE Runtime Environment (8.0_202-b08) (build 1.8.0_202-b08)
# Java VM: Java HotSpot(TM) 64-Bit Server VM (25.202-b08 mixed mode linux-amd64 compressed oops)
# Problematic frame:
# C [libt2k.so+0x4cde3] ExtractBitMap_blocClass+0xcc3
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# Failed to write core dump. Core dumps have been disabled. To enable core dumping, try "ulimit -c unlimited" before starting Java again
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# An error report file with more information is saved as:
# jre/8u202/hs_err_pid31542.log
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# If you would like to submit a bug report, please visit:
# http://bugreport.java.com/bugreport/crash.jsp
# The crash happened outside the Java Virtual Machine in native code.
# See problematic frame for where to report the bug.
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Aborted
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Under gdb, we can find out that the ExtractBitMap_blocClass function attempts to access an invalid memory region:
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gdb$ c
Continuing.
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The crash reproduces on both Windows and Linux platforms. On Windows, the crash manifests in the following way:
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(5218.154c): Access violation - code c0000005 (first chance)
First chance exceptions are reported before any exception handling.
This exception may be expected and handled.
t2k!Java_sun_font_T2KFontScaler_getGlyphVectorOutlineNative+0x2155:
00007ffa`0b8eb651 468a1c20 mov r11b,byte ptr [rax+r12] ds:00000000`64c09000=??
0:004> ? rax
Evaluate expression: 84720 = 00000000`00014af0
0:004> ? r12
Evaluate expression: 1690256656 = 00000000`64bf4510
0:004> k
# Child-SP RetAddr Call Site
00 00000000`04a8e9d0 00007ffa`0b8ebf92 t2k!Java_sun_font_T2KFontScaler_getGlyphVectorOutlineNative+0x2155
01 00000000`04a8eaa0 00007ffa`0b8e8e05 t2k!Java_sun_font_T2KFontScaler_getGlyphVectorOutlineNative+0x2a96
02 00000000`04a8eb80 00007ffa`0b8e9011 t2k!Java_sun_font_T2KFontScaler_getGlyphCodeNative+0xd4fd
03 00000000`04a8ebf0 00007ffa`0b8daeab t2k!Java_sun_font_T2KFontScaler_getGlyphCodeNative+0xd709
04 00000000`04a8ec90 00000000`04f18d27 t2k!Java_sun_font_T2KFontScaler_getGlyphImageNative+0x163
05 00000000`04a8ed60 00000000`02a3e1f8 0x4f18d27
06 00000000`04a8ed68 00000000`04a8ee48 0x2a3e1f8
07 00000000`04a8ed70 00000000`5c36dff8 0x4a8ee48
08 00000000`04a8ed78 00000000`00000000 0x5c36dff8
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Attached with this report are three mutated testcases, and a simple Java program used to reproduce the vulnerability by loading TrueType fonts specified through a command-line parameter.
Proof of Concept:
https://github.com/offensive-security/exploitdb-bin-sploits/raw/master/bin-sploits/46411.zip
Oracle java runtime environment heap outofbounds read during ttf font rendering in extractbitmap_blocclass