Vulnerability CVE-2009-4242
Published: 2010-01-25   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
Heap-based buffer overflow in the CGIFCodec::GetPacketBuffer function in datatype/image/gif/common/gifcodec.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, 10.1, and 11.0; Linux RealPlayer 10; and Helix Player 10.x allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a GIF file with crafted chunk sizes that trigger improper memory allocation.

See advisories in our WLB2 database:
Topic
Author
Date
High
RealNetworks RealPlayer GIF Handling Remote Code Execution Vulnerability
ZDI
27.01.2010

Type:

CWE-119

 (Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
9.3/10
10/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Realnetworks -> Helix player 
Realnetworks -> Realplayer 
Realnetworks -> Realplayer enterprise 
Realnetworks -> Realplayer sp 

 References:
http://lists.helixcommunity.org/pipermail/datatype-cvs/2008-September/008633.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023489
http://service.real.com/realplayer/security/01192010_player/en/
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0094.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509096/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37880
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0178
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-006/
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=561436
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55795
https://helixcommunity.org/viewcvs/datatype/image/gif/common/gifcodec.cpp?view=log#rev1.8
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10144
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