CVE-2009-4248

Impact:
Critical
Public Date:
2008-01-17
IAVA:
2010-A-0022
Bugzilla:
561361: CVE-2009-4248 HelixPlayer / RealPlayer: RTSP SET_PARAMETER buffer overflow

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Buffer overflow in the RTSPProtocol::HandleSetParameterRequest function in client/core/rtspprotocol.cpp 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 Helix Player 10.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted RTSP SET_PARAMETER request.

Find out more about CVE-2009-4248 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 6.8
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 (HelixPlayer) RHSA-2010:0094 2010-02-09

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