CVE-2009-4247: realnetworks helix_player

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2009-4247 is a high (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability in realnetworks helix_player. EPSS estimates a 6.81% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 94% of scored vulnerabilities.

Timeline

1. 25-01-2010
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

Description

Stack-based buffer overflow in protocol/rtsp/rtspclnt.cpp in RealNetworks RealPlayer 10; RealPlayer 10.5 6.0.12.1040 through 6.0.12.1741; RealPlayer 11 11.0.x; RealPlayer SP 1.0.0 and 1.0.1; RealPlayer Enterprise; Mac RealPlayer 10, 10.1, 11.0, and 11.0.1; Linux RealPlayer 10, 11.0.0, and 11.0.1; and Helix Player 10.x, 11.0.0, and 11.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an ASM RuleBook with a large number of rules, related to an "array overflow."

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary.