RealPlayer MP4 Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

Last Update Date: 19 Mar 2013 09:45 Release Date: 19 Mar 2013 3625 Views

RISK: Medium Risk

TYPE: Clients - Audio & Video

A vulnerability has been identified in RealPlayer, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error when processing MP4 files and can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow via a specially crafted MP4 file.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.

Impact

Remote Code Execution

System / Technologies affected

RealPlayer versions prior to 16.0.1.18.

Solutions

Before installation of the software, please visit the software manufacturer web-site for more details.

Update to version 16.0.1.18.

Vulnerability Identifier

CVE-2013-1750

Source

Secunia