CVE-2009-4247
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in protocol/rtsp/rtspclnt.cpp in RealNetworks RealPlayer 10; RealPlayer 10.5 6.0.12.1040 through 6.0.12.1741; RealPlayer 11 11.0.x; RealPlayer SP 1.0.0 and 1.0.1; RealPlayer Enterprise; Mac RealPlayer 10, 10.1, 11.0, and 11.0.1; Linux RealPlayer 10, 11.0.0, and 11.0.1; and Helix Player 10.x, 11.0.0, and 11.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an ASM RuleBook with a large number of rules, related to an "array overflow."
Predictions
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 | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| realnetworks | realplayer | 10.0 | |
| realnetworks | realplayer | 10.5 | |
| realnetworks | realplayer | 11.0 | |
| realnetworks | realplayer | 11.0.1 | |
| realnetworks | realplayer | 11.0.2 | |
| realnetworks | realplayer | 11.0.3 | |
| realnetworks | realplayer | 11.0.4 | |
| realnetworks | realplayer | 11.0.5 | |
| realnetworks | realplayer_enterprise | | |
| realnetworks | realplayer_sp | 1.0.0 | |
| realnetworks | realplayer_sp | 1.0.1 | |
| realnetworks | realplayer | 10.1 | |
| realnetworks | helix_player | 10.0 | |
| realnetworks | helix_player | 11.0.0 | |
| realnetworks | helix_player | 11.0.1 | |
| realnetworks | realplayer | 11.0.0 | |
References
- http://lists.helixcommunity.org/pipermail/helix-client-dev/2009-August/008092.html
- http://lists.helixcommunity.org/pipermail/protocol-cvs/2009-August/001943.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38218
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38450
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023489
- http://service.real.com/realplayer/security/01192010_player/en/
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0094.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37880
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0178
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=561338
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55802
- https://helixcommunity.org/viewcvs/protocol/rtsp/rtspclnt.cpp?view=log#rev1.245
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10677
- http://lists.helixcommunity.org/pipermail/helix-client-dev/2009-August/008092.html
- http://lists.helixcommunity.org/pipermail/protocol-cvs/2009-August/001943.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38218
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38450
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023489
- http://service.real.com/realplayer/security/01192010_player/en/
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0094.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37880
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0178
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=561338
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55802
- https://helixcommunity.org/viewcvs/protocol/rtsp/rtspclnt.cpp?view=log#rev1.245
CWEs
CWE-119
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