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CVE-2009-4248

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

Buffer overflow in the RTSPProtocol::HandleSetParameterRequest function in client/core/rtspprotocol.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 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 crafted RTSP SET_PARAMETER request.

Affected

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

Helix Player · Realnetworks

95%

10.0 11.0.0 11.0.1

Realplayer · Realnetworks

95%

10.0 10.1 10.5 11.0 11.0.0 11.0.1 11.0.2 11.0.3 11.0.4 11.0.5

apple-macos (environment) · microsoft-windows (environment)

Realplayer Enterprise · Realnetworks

95%

All versions

microsoft-windows (environment)

Realplayer Sp · Realnetworks

95%

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.

95%

Windows · Microsoft

95%

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (15)

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST

Source: [email protected]

http://lists.helixcommunity.org/pipermail/client-cvs/2008-January/003756.html

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST

Source: [email protected]

http://lists.helixcommunity.org/pipermail/client-cvs/2008-January/003759.html

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLIST

Source: [email protected]

http://lists.helixcommunity.org/pipermail/client-dev/2008-January/004591.html

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

CVSS

9.3HIGH[email protected]

Confidentiality: COMPLETE
Integrity: COMPLETE
Availability: COMPLETE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-119

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