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CVE-2009-4245

N/A
Published: January 25, 2010 at 07:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:13 PM UTC
4 products affected across 1 vendorRealplayerRealplayer SpHelix Player· also runs on 2 platforms

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 7%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Helix Player· Realnetworks
95%
10.011.0.011.0.1
Realplayer· Realnetworks
95%
10.010.110.511.011.0.011.0.111.0.211.0.311.0.411.0.5
apple-macos (environment) · microsoft-windows (environment)
Realplayer Enterprise· Realnetworks
95%
All versions
microsoft-windows (environment)
Realplayer Sp· Realnetworks
95%
1.0.01.0.1
microsoft-windows (environment)

Runs on — not affected

The affected product only carries this flaw when running on these platforms. The platforms themselves are not vulnerable.

References (15)

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.helixcommunity.org/pipermail/datatype-cvs/2008-July/008455.html
VDB Entryx_refsource_OSVDB
Source: [email protected]
http://osvdb.org/61969
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/38218
Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Source: [email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/38450
VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023489
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://service.real.com/realplayer/security/01192010_player/en/
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0094.html
VDB Entryx_refsource_BID
Source: [email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37880

CVSS

9.3HIGH[email protected]
Confidentiality
COMPLETE
Integrity
COMPLETE
Availability
COMPLETE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-119

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