Description: Piotr Bania has reported a vulnerability in Realplayer and RealOne, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to a boundary error when processing RAM files and can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow via a specially crafted RAM file.
Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.
The vulnerability affects the following products:
* RealPlayer 10.5 (6.0.12.1040-1059)
* RealPlayer 10
* RealOne Player v2
* RealOne Player v1
* RealPlayer 8
* RealPlayer Enterprise
* Mac RealPlayer 10 (10.0.0.305 - 331)
* Mac RealOne Player
* Linux RealPlayer 10 (10.0.0 - 3)
* Helix Player (10.0.0 - 3)
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: Apply patches.
RealOne / RealPlayer for Windows and Mac:
Patches are available via the "Check for Update" feature.
If you have new information regarding this Secunia advisory or a product in our database, please send it to us using either our web form or email us at vuln@secunia.com.
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