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RealPlayer/Helix Player SMIL wallclock Buffer Overflow Vulnerability Advisory Available in Danish  Advisory Available in German 

Secunia Advisory: SA25819  
Release Date: 2007-06-27
Last Update: 2007-06-28

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Helix Player 1.x
RealPlayer 10.x

CVE reference:CVE-2007-3410 (Secunia mirror)

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in RealPlayer and Helix Player, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error in the wallclock functionality in "SmilTimeValue::parseWallClockValue()" when handling time formats. This can be exploited to cause a stack-based buffer overflow via an SMIL file with an overly long, specially-crafted time string.

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code when a user e.g. visits a malicious website.

The vulnerability is reported in RealPlayer 10.5-GOLD. Other versions may also be affected.

Do you have this product installed on your home computer? Scan using the free Personal Software Inspector. Check if a vulnerable version is installed on computers in your corporate network, using the Network Software Inspector.

Solution:
Update to the latest version.
http://www.real.com/realplayer.html

Provided and/or discovered by:
Discovered by an anonymous person and reported via iDefense Labs.

Changelog:
2007-06-28: Added link to US-CERT.

Original Advisory:
iDefense Labs:
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=547

Other References:
US-CERT VU#770904:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/770904

Extended Solution:
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