Vulnerability CVE-2009-4245
Published: 2010-01-25   Modified: 2012-02-13

Description:
Heap-based buffer overflow 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 compressed GIF file, related to gifcodec.cpp and gifimage.cpp.

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://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0178
http://service.real.com/realplayer/security/01192010_player/en/
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023489
https://helixcommunity.org/viewcvs/datatype/image/gif/common/pub/gifcodec.h?view=log#rev1.5
https://helixcommunity.org/viewcvs/datatype/image/gif/common/gifimage.cpp?view=log#rev1.6
https://helixcommunity.org/viewcvs/datatype/image/gif/common/gifcodec.cpp?view=log#rev1.7
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=561441
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/55800
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37880
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0094.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/38450
http://secunia.com/advisories/38218
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9998
http://osvdb.org/61969
http://lists.helixcommunity.org/pipermail/datatype-cvs/2008-July/008455.html
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