Buffer overflow in the RTSPProtocol::HandleSetParameterRequest function in client/core/rtspprotocol.cpp in RealNetworks RealPlayer 10,…

Description

Buffer overflow in the RTSPProtocol::HandleSetParameterRequest function in client/core/rtspprotocol.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 and 10.1, Linux RealPlayer 10, and Helix Player 10.x allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted RTSP SET_PARAMETER request.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

6.8% · top 6.0% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (15)

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=561361 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 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
• https://helixcommunity.org/viewcvs/client/core/rtspprotocol.cpp?view=log#rev1.55.2.19 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_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
• [client-dev] 20080117 CR: fix for bug 211210 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• [client-cvs] 20080117 core rtspprotocol.cpp,1.85,1.86 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• https://helixcommunity.org/viewcvs/client/core/rtspprotocol.cpp?view=log#rev1.86 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 38218 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10641 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• [client-cvs] 20080117 core rtspprotocol.cpp,1.55.2.18,1.55.2.19 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 37880 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• realplayer-rtsp-setparameter-bo(55801) (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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Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 06:54 UTC.