CVE-2009-4242: Buffer Overflow
First published: Wed Sep 10 2008(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| 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 | =10.1 | |
| 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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Reference Links
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0178
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38218
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-006/
- http://service.real.com/realplayer/security/01192010_player/en/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37880
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1023489
- http://osvdb.org/61966
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0094.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=561436
- http://lists.helixcommunity.org/pipermail/datatype-cvs/2008-September/008633.html
- https://helixcommunity.org/viewcvs/datatype/image/gif/common/gifcodec.cpp?view=log#rev1.8
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38450
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55795
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10144
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509096/100/0/threaded
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2009-4242
- http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/55795
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0094.html
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-4242 https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4242
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010:0094
- https://access.redhat.com/hydra/rest/securitydata/cve/CVE-2009-4242.json
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