CVE-2009-4242

RealNetworks RealPlayer <6.0.12.1741 - RCE

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the CGIFCodec::GetPacketBuffer function in datatype/image/gif/common/gifcodec.cpp 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, 10.1, and 11.0; Linux RealPlayer 10; and Helix Player 10.x allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a GIF file with crafted chunk sizes that trigger improper memory allocation.

References (15)

Core 15
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0094.html
Patch, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0178
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry signature x_refsource_oval
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10144
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55795
Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023489
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=561436
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://service.real.com/realplayer/security/01192010_player/en/
Third Party Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/38450
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/61966
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/38218
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509096/100/0/threaded
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37880

Scores

EPSS 0.1260
EPSS Percentile 94.0%

Details

CWE
CWE-119
Status published
Products (16)
realnetworks/helix_player 10.0
realnetworks/helix_player 11.0.0
realnetworks/helix_player 11.0.1
realnetworks/realplayer 10.0 (2 CPE variants)
realnetworks/realplayer 10.5
realnetworks/realplayer 11.0
realnetworks/realplayer 11.0.1 (2 CPE variants)
realnetworks/realplayer 11.0.2
realnetworks/realplayer 11.0.3
realnetworks/realplayer 11.0.4
... and 6 more
Published Jan 25, 2010
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026