First published: Fri May 03 2002(Updated: )
RealPlayer 8 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU utilization) via malformed .mp3 files.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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RealPlayer | =8.0 |
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CVE-2002-0337 is considered to be a moderate severity vulnerability due to its potential to cause denial of service.
To mitigate CVE-2002-0337, users should upgrade to a later version of RealPlayer that addresses this vulnerability.
CVE-2002-0337 is exploited through the delivery of malformed .mp3 files that cause high CPU utilization.
CVE-2002-0337 specifically affects RealPlayer version 8.0.
The main impact of CVE-2002-0337 is the potential denial of service, leading to decreased performance and responsiveness of the application.