CVE - CVE-2009-4242

CVE-ID
CVE-2009-4242	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings
Description
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
Note: References are provided for the convenience of the reader to help distinguish between vulnerabilities. The list is not intended to be complete.
BUGTRAQ:20100121 ZDI-10-006: RealNetworks RealPlayer GIF Handling Remote Code Execution Vulnerability URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/509096/100/0/threaded MLIST:[datatype-cvs] 20080909 image/gif/common gifcodec.cpp,1.7,1.8 URL:http://lists.helixcommunity.org/pipermail/datatype-cvs/2008-September/008633.html MISC:http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-006/ CONFIRM:http://service.real.com/realplayer/security/01192010_player/en/ CONFIRM:https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=561436 CONFIRM:https://helixcommunity.org/viewcvs/datatype/image/gif/common/gifcodec.cpp?view=log#rev1.8 REDHAT:RHSA-2010:0094 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0094.html BID:37880 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37880 OSVDB:61966 URL:http://osvdb.org/61966 OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10144 URL:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10144 SECTRACK:1023489 URL:http://securitytracker.com/id?1023489 SECUNIA:38218 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/38218 SECUNIA:38450 URL:http://secunia.com/advisories/38450 VUPEN:ADV-2010-0178 URL:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0178 XF:realplayer-gif-bo(55795) URL:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/55795
Date Entry Created
20091209	Disclaimer: The entry creation date may reflect when the CVE-ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20091209)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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CVE-2009-4242