CVE - CVE-2009-4242

CVE-ID
CVE-2009-4242	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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
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BID:37880 URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37880 BUGTRAQ:20100121 ZDI-10-006: RealNetworks RealPlayer GIF Handling Remote Code Execution Vulnerability URL:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509096/100/0/threaded 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 MISC:http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-006/ 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 OSVDB:61966 URL:http://osvdb.org/61966 OVAL:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10144 URL:https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10144 REDHAT:RHSA-2010:0094 URL:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0094.html 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:https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55795
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
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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