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RealPlayer Multiple Vulnerabilities

Last Update Date: 27 Aug 2013 10:16 Release Date: 27 Aug 2013 3878 Views

RISK: Medium Risk

TYPE: Clients - Audio & Video

TYPE: Audio & Video

Two vulnerabilities have been identified in RealPlayer, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

  1. An error when handling filenames in RMP can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow.
  2. An error when parsing RealMedia files can be exploited to cause a memory corruption.

Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.


Impact

  • Remote Code Execution

System / Technologies affected

  • RealPlayer versions 16.0.2.32 and prior.

Solutions

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

  • Update to version 16.0.3.51.

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