CVE-2009-4257

Impact:
Critical
Public Date:
2008-09-16
IAVA:
2010-A-0022
CWE:
CWE-122
Bugzilla:
561309: CVE-2009-4257 HelixPlayer / RealPlayer: SMIL getAtom heap buffer overflow

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2009-4257 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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