RealPlayer HTML Processing Denial of Service Vulnerability
Last Update Date:
5 Jul 2013 09:52
Release Date:
5 Jul 2013
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RISK: High Risk
TYPE: Clients - Audio & Video
A vulnerability has been identified in RealPlayer, which can be exploited by remote user to cause denial of service attack. A remote user can create a specially crafted HTML that, when loaded by the target user, will cause the target user's application to consume excessive CPU resources and/or crash.
Note: Vendor patch is currently unavailable
Impact
- Denial of Service
System / Technologies affected
- RealPlayer version 16.0.2.32 and prior
Solutions
Note: Vendor patch is currently unavailable.
Workaround: Do not visit untrusted websites or follow untrusted links
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