PT-2011-4199

CVE-2011-2949

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Published

2011-08-16

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Updated

2011-10-06

Description by

CVSS 2.0
9.3
High
MetricsAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions RealPlayer versions 11.0 through 11.1 RealPlayer versions 14.0.0 through 14.0.5 RealPlayer SP versions 1.0 through 1.1.5 RealPlayer Enterprise versions 2.0 through 2.1.5
Description The issue allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted ID3v2 tags in an MP3 file. This is a result of a heap-based buffer overflow.
Recommendations For RealPlayer versions 11.0 through 11.1, update to a version outside of this range to resolve the issue. For RealPlayer versions 14.0.0 through 14.0.5, update to a version outside of this range to resolve the issue. For RealPlayer SP versions 1.0 through 1.1.5, update to a version outside of this range to resolve the issue. For RealPlayer Enterprise versions 2.0 through 2.1.5, update to a version outside of this range to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider avoiding the use of crafted ID3v2 tags in MP3 files until a patch is available.
Exploitability
Fix
Impacts
Researchers
Vendors
Affected products
Related identifiers
ZDI-11-267
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