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FKIE_CVE-2009-4242

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2010-01-25 19:30 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:13

Severity

Summary

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

URL	Tags
cve@mitre.org	http://lists.helixcommunity.org/pipermail/datatype-cvs/2008-September/008633.html
cve@mitre.org	http://osvdb.org/61966
cve@mitre.org	http://secunia.com/advisories/38218	Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://secunia.com/advisories/38450
cve@mitre.org	http://securitytracker.com/id?1023489	Patch
cve@mitre.org	http://service.real.com/realplayer/security/01192010_player/en/	Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0094.html
cve@mitre.org	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509096/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.org	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37880
cve@mitre.org	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0178	Patch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.org	http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-006/	Patch
cve@mitre.org	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=561436
cve@mitre.org	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55795
cve@mitre.org	https://helixcommunity.org/viewcvs/datatype/image/gif/common/gifcodec.cpp?view=log#rev1.8
cve@mitre.org	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10144
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://lists.helixcommunity.org/pipermail/datatype-cvs/2008-September/008633.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://osvdb.org/61966
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://secunia.com/advisories/38218	Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://secunia.com/advisories/38450
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://securitytracker.com/id?1023489	Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://service.real.com/realplayer/security/01192010_player/en/	Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0094.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509096/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37880
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0178	Patch, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-006/	Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=561436
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55795
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://helixcommunity.org/viewcvs/datatype/image/gif/common/gifcodec.cpp?view=log#rev1.8
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108	https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10144

Impacted products

Vendor	Product	Version
realnetworks	realplayer	10.0
realnetworks	realplayer	10.5
realnetworks	realplayer	11.0
realnetworks	realplayer	11.0.1
realnetworks	realplayer	11.0.2
realnetworks	realplayer	11.0.3
realnetworks	realplayer	11.0.4
realnetworks	realplayer	11.0.5
realnetworks	realplayer_enterprise	*
realnetworks	realplayer_sp	1.0.0
realnetworks	realplayer_sp	1.0.1
microsoft	windows	*
realnetworks	realplayer	10.0
realnetworks	realplayer	10.1
realnetworks	realplayer	11.0
realnetworks	realplayer	11.0.1
apple	mac_os_x	*
realnetworks	helix_player	10.0
realnetworks	helix_player	11.0.0
realnetworks	helix_player	11.0.1
realnetworks	realplayer	10.0
realnetworks	realplayer	11.0.0
realnetworks	realplayer	11.0.1

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CVE-2009-4242 (GCVE-0-2009-4242)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2010-01-25 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 06:54

Summary

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre mitre root Scorecard

References

15 references

URL	Tags
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-00…	vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0178	vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def…	vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit…	vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023489	vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=561436	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://lists.helixcommunity.org/pipermail/datatyp…	mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
http://service.real.com/realplayer/security/01192…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://secunia.com/advisories/38450	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-006/	x_refsource_MISC
http://osvdb.org/61966	vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://secunia.com/advisories/38218	third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://helixcommunity.org/viewcvs/datatype/image…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509096/100…	mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37880	vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

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2010-01-19 00:00

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