CVE-2009-4246

critical

Published 2010-01-25 · Modified 2026-04-29

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

9.3

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in RealNetworks RealPlayer 10, RealPlayer 10.5 6.0.12.1040 through 6.0.12.1741, RealPlayer 11 11.0.0 through 11.0.4, RealPlayer Enterprise, Mac RealPlayer 10 and 10.1, Linux RealPlayer 10, and Helix Player 10.x allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed .RJS skin file that contains a web.xmb file with crafted length values.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

macOS Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Not affected	—

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions
realnetworks	realplayer	`11.0`
realnetworks	realplayer	`11.0.1`
realnetworks	realplayer	`11.0.3`
realnetworks	realplayer_sp	`1.0.0`
realnetworks	realplayer_sp	`1.0.1`
realnetworks	realplayer	`11.0.5`
realnetworks	realplayer	`11.0.4`
realnetworks	realplayer	`10.1`
realnetworks	realplayer	`11.0.2`
realnetworks	realplayer	`10.0`
realnetworks	realplayer_enterprise
realnetworks	realplayer	`10.5`
realnetworks	helix_player	`10.0`
realnetworks	helix_player	`11.0.0`
realnetworks	helix_player	`11.0.1`
realnetworks	realplayer	`11.0.0`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.