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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

National Vulnerability Database
  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2008-1309 Detail

Current Description

The RealAudioObjects.RealAudio ActiveX control in rmoc3260.dll in RealNetworks RealPlayer Enterprise, RealPlayer 10, RealPlayer 10.5 before build 6.0.12.1675, and RealPlayer 11 before 11.0.3 build 6.0.14.806 does not properly manage memory for the (1) Console or (2) Controls property, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (browser crash) via a series of assignments of long string values, which triggers an overwrite of freed heap memory.


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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

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Vendor Statements (disclaimer)

Official Statement from Red Hat (03/18/2008)

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect versions of RealPlayer as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Extras, 4 Extras, or 5 Supplementary.

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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-March/060659.html CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/29315 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://service.real.com/realplayer/security/07252008_player/en/ CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/831457 CVE, MITRE US Government Resource 
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494779/100/0/threaded CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28157 CVE, MITRE Exploit 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019576 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020563 CVE, MITRE
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0842 CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2194/references CVE, MITRE Vendor Advisory 
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-047/ CVE, MITRE
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41087 CVE, MITRE
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5332 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-399 Resource Management Errors cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-1309
NVD Published Date:
03/12/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE