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CVE-2009-4257 (GCVE-0-2009-4257)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2010-01-25 19:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 06:54
VLAI
Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in datatype/smil/common/smlpkt.cpp in smlrender.dll 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 and 10.1, Linux RealPlayer 10 and 11.0.0, and Helix Player 10.x and 11.0.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an SMIL file with crafted string lengths.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
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Date Public
2010-01-19 00:00
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