PT-2010-1339 · Realnetworks+1 · Helix Player+5

Tomas Hoger · Published 2010-01-21 · Updated 2018-10-10 · CVE-2009-4257

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions RealPlayer versions 10 through 11.0.4 RealPlayer 10.5 versions 6.0.12.1040 through 6.0.12.1741 RealPlayer Enterprise (affected versions not specified) Mac RealPlayer versions 10 and 10.1 Linux RealPlayer versions 10 and 11.0.0 Helix Player versions 10.x and 11.0.0

Description The issue is a heap-based buffer overflow in the smlrender.dll component, allowing remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an SMIL file with crafted string lengths. This can be exploited by providing a specially crafted SMIL file.

Recommendations For RealPlayer versions 10 through 11.0.4, update to a version outside of the affected range. For RealPlayer 10.5 versions 6.0.12.1040 through 6.0.12.1741, update to a version outside of the affected range. For RealPlayer Enterprise, Mac RealPlayer versions 10 and 10.1, Linux RealPlayer versions 10 and 11.0.0, and Helix Player versions 10.x and 11.0.0, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

RCE

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-4257

RHSA-2010:0094

RHSA-2010_0094

ZDI-10-007

Affected Products

Helix Player

Linux Realplayer

Mac Realplayer

Realplayer

Realplayer Enterprise

Red Hat

References · 27

• http://securitytracker.com/id?1023489 · Patch
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4257 · Security Note
• http://service.real.com/realplayer/security/01192010_player/en · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0094.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/38450 · Vendor Advisory
• https://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-007 · Security Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/38218 · Vendor Advisory
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0178 · Vendor Advisory
• http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-007 · Patch
• https://helixcommunity.org/viewcvs/datatype/smil/common/smlpkt.cpp?view=log#rev1.12 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=561309 · Note
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2010-0416 · Note
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-4242 · Note
• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-4247 · Note
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0094 · Note