VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2010-2579

medium
Published 2010-12-14 · 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
5.0

Description

The cook codec in RealNetworks RealPlayer 11.0 through 11.1, RealPlayer SP 1.0 through 1.1.4, RealPlayer Enterprise 2.1.2, Mac RealPlayer 11.0 through 11.1, and Linux RealPlayer 11.0.2.1744 does not properly initialize the number of channels, which allows attackers to obtain unspecified "memory access" via unknown vectors.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
—

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact
linux Linux kernel Fixed 1 release
VersionStatusFixed in
— Not affected —
macos macOS Fixed 1 release
VersionStatusFixed in
— Not affected —

Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
realnetworksrealplayer11.0
realnetworksrealplayer11.0.1
realnetworksrealplayer11.0.2
realnetworksrealplayer11.0.3
realnetworksrealplayer11.0.4
realnetworksrealplayer11.0.5
realnetworksrealplayer11.1
realnetworksrealplayer_sp1.0.0
realnetworksrealplayer_sp1.0.1
realnetworksrealplayer_sp1.0.2
realnetworksrealplayer_sp1.0.5
realnetworksrealplayer_sp1.1
realnetworksrealplayer_sp1.1.1
realnetworksrealplayer_sp1.1.2
realnetworksrealplayer_sp1.1.3
realnetworksrealplayer_sp1.1.4
realnetworksrealplayer11.0.2.1744

References

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

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