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CVE-2009-4257 Detail

Current Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in datatype/smil/common/smlpkt.cpp in smlrender.dll 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 and 10.1, Linux RealPlayer 10 and 11.0.0, and Helix Player 10.x and 11.0.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an SMIL file with crafted string lengths.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  01/25/2010
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Evaluator Description

Specific affected release information can be found from RealNetworks at: http://service.real.com/realplayer/security/01192010_player/en/

Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.3 HIGH
Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 10.0
Exploitability Subscore: 8.6


Access Vector (AV): Network
Access Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete
Additional Information:
Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification
Allows disruption of service

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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.helixcommunity.org/pipermail/datatype-cvs/2008-September/008678.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023489 Patch
http://service.real.com/realplayer/security/01192010_player/en/ Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0094.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509105/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37880
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0178 Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-007/ Patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=561309
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55798
https://helixcommunity.org/viewcvs/datatype/smil/common/smlpkt.cpp?view=log#rev1.12
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11110

References to Check Content

Identifier:
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11110
Check System:
http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11110

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2009-4257
NVD Published Date:
01/25/2010
NVD Last Modified:
10/10/2018