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Secunia Research 25/07/2008
- RealNetworks RealPlayer SWF Frame Handling Buffer Overflow -
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Table of Contents
Affected Software....................................................1
Severity.............................................................2
Vendor's Description of Software.....................................3
Description of Vulnerability.........................................4
Solution.............................................................5
Time Table...........................................................6
Credits..............................................................7
References...........................................................8
About Secunia........................................................9
Verification........................................................10
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1) Affected Software
RealNetworks RealPlayer Version 10.5 Build 6.0.12.1483
NOTE: Other versions may also be affected.
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2) Severity
Rating: Highly critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
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3) Vendor's Description of Software
"Download Web video instantly".
Product Link:
http://www.real.com/player
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4) Description of Vulnerability
Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in RealPlayer, which
can potentially be exploited by malicious people to compromise a
user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a design error within the handling
of frames in Shockwave Flash (SWF) files and can be exploited to cause
a heap-based buffer overflow.
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.
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5) Solution
The vulnerability is fixed in an upcoming release.
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6) Time Table
16/11/2007 - Vendor notified.
22/11/2007 - Vendor notified again.
26/11/2007 - Vendor response and request PoC.
29/11/2007 - Sent PoC to vendor.
03/01/2008 - Confirmation that vendor able to reproduce vulnerability.
27/05/2008 - Requested update from vendor.
07/07/2008 - Vendor confirms update is pending.
23/07/2008 - Vendor confirms disclosure date.
25/07/2008 - Public disclosure.
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7) Credits
Discovered by Dyon Balding, Secunia Research.
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8) References
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned
CVE-2007-5400 for the vulnerability.
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10) Verification
Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2007-93/
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