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CVE-2009-4247
Stack-based buffer overflow in protocol/rtsp/rtspclnt.cpp in RealNetworks RealPlayer 10; RealPlayer 10.5 6.0.12.1040 through 6.0.12.1741;…
High9.3EPSS 6.8%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in protocol/rtsp/rtspclnt.cpp in RealNetworks RealPlayer 10; RealPlayer 10.5 6.0.12.1040 through 6.0.12.1741; RealPlayer 11 11.0.x; RealPlayer SP 1.0.0 and 1.0.1; RealPlayer Enterprise; Mac RealPlayer 10, 10.1, 11.0, and 11.0.1; Linux RealPlayer 10, 11.0.0, and 11.0.1; and Helix Player 10.x, 11.0.0, and 11.0.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via an ASM RuleBook with a large number of rules, related to an "array overflow."
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.8% · top 6.0% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (13)
- RHSA-2010:0094 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- ADV-2010-0178 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1023489 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://service.real.com/realplayer/security/01192010_player/en/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 38450 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10677 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- [protocol-cvs] 20090828 rtsp rtspclnt.cpp,1.244,1.245 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://helixcommunity.org/viewcvs/protocol/rtsp/rtspclnt.cpp?view=log#rev1.245 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [helix-client-dev] 20090828 CR: 249097 - Security fix - urgent CR requested (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 38218 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=561338 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 37880 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- realplayer-rulebook-overflow(55802) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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