VIR Vulnerability Intelligence Relay

CVE-2011-1426

critical
Published 2011-04-18 · 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

The OpenURLInDefaultBrowser method in RealNetworks RealPlayer 11.0 through 11.1 and 14.0.0 through 14.0.2, and RealPlayer SP 1.0 through 1.1.5, launches a default handler for the filename specified in the first argument, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a .rnx filename corresponding to a crafted RNX file.

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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Application impact
VendorProductVersionsFixed
realnetworksrealplayer11.0
realnetworksrealplayer11.1
realnetworksrealplayer14.0.0
realnetworksrealplayer14.0.1
realnetworksrealplayer14.0.2
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
realnetworksrealplayer_sp1.1.5

References

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

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