CVE-2010-2997

critical

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

9.3

Description

Use-after-free vulnerability in RealNetworks RealPlayer 11.0 through 11.1, RealPlayer SP 1.0 through 1.0.1, Mac RealPlayer 11.0 through 11.1, Linux RealPlayer 11.0.2.1744, and possibly HelixPlayer 1.0.6 and other versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via a crafted StreamTitle tag in an ICY SHOUTcast stream, related to the SMIL file format.

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

Linux kernel Fixed 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
—	Not affected	—

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	`11.0.2`
realnetworks	realplayer	`11.0.3`
realnetworks	realplayer	`11.0.4`
realnetworks	realplayer	`11.0.5`
realnetworks	realplayer	`11.1`
realnetworks	realplayer_sp	`1.0.0`
realnetworks	realplayer_sp	`1.0.1`
realnetworks	realplayer	`11.0.2.1744`

References

CWEs

CWE-399

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

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