CVE-2009-4242
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Jan 25, 2010
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Dec 9, 2009
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.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- RHSA-2010:0094vendor-advisory
- ADV-2010-0178vdb-entry
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10144vdb-entrysignature
- realplayer-gif-bo(55795)vdb-entry
- 1023489vdb-entry
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=561436
- [datatype-cvs] 20080909 image/gif/common gifcodec.cpp,1.7,1.8mailing-list
- http://service.real.com/realplayer/security/01192010_player/en/
- 38450third-party-advisory
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-006/
- 61966vdb-entry
- 38218third-party-advisory
- https://helixcommunity.org/viewcvs/datatype/image/gif/common/gifcodec.cpp?view=log#rev1.8
- 20100121 ZDI-10-006: RealNetworks RealPlayer GIF Handling Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilitymailing-list
- 37880vdb-entry
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