CVE-2009-4242 (GCVE-0-2009-4242)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2010-01-25 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 06:54
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
15 references
Date Public
2010-01-19 00:00
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