CVE-2009-4242

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.

References

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10144

https://helixcommunity.org/viewcvs/datatype/image/gif/common/gifcodec.cpp?view=log#rev1.8

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55795

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=561436

http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-006/

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0178

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37880

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509096/100/0/threaded

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0094.html

http://service.real.com/realplayer/security/01192010_player/en/

http://securitytracker.com/id?1023489

http://secunia.com/advisories/38450

http://secunia.com/advisories/38218

http://osvdb.org/61966

http://lists.helixcommunity.org/pipermail/datatype-cvs/2008-September/008633.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3