Zero-Day Advisory
Fortinet Discovers IBM i2 Analyst's Notebook Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Summary
Fortinet's FortiGuard Labs has discovered a memory corruption vulnerability in IBM i2 Analyst's Notebook.
IBM i2 Analyst's Notebook arms analysts with multidimensional visual analysis capabilities so that they can quickly uncover hidden connections and patterns in data.
A memory corruption vulnerability has been discovered in IBM i2 Analyst's Notebook by FortiGuard Labs. The vulnerability exists because the application fails to handle a crafted "ANB" file which causes an out-of-bounds memory access. It could allow malicious users to create code execution scenarios.
Solutions
FortiGuard Labs released the following FortiGate IPS signature which covers this specific vulnerability:IBM.i2.Analyst.Notebook.CVE-2020-4264.Memory.Corruption
Released Feb 20, 2020
Users should apply the solution provided by IBM.
Timeline
Fortinet reported the vulnerability to IBM on January 15, 2020.
IBM confirmed the vulnerability on May 15, 2020.
IBM patched the vulnerability on May 15, 2020.