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CVE-2010-0417 (GCVE-0-2010-0417)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2010-02-18 23:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 00:45
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Summary
Buffer overflow in common/util/rlstate.cpp in Helix Player 1.0.6 and RealPlayer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a RuleBook structure with a large number of rule-separator characters that trigger heap memory corruption.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2010-02-09 00:00
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