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RealPlayer Skin File Handling Buffer Overflow

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 2381

Synopsis

The remote host is vulnerable to a buffer overflow.

Description

The remote host is running a version of RealPlayer which is vulnerable to an overflow via a malformed skin file. As skin files are downloaded, typically, without any sort of warning or prompt to the user, the remote attacker need only create a website with a malformed skins file and entice the user to visit the site.

Solution

Upgrade or patch according to vendor recommendations.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 2381

Family: Web Clients

Published: 11/2/2004

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 15789

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 4.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:realnetworks:realplayer

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2004-1094

BID: 11555