RealPlayer: Heap overflow vulnerability

RealPlayer: Heap overflow vulnerability RealPlayer is vulnerable to a heap overflow that could lead to remote execution of arbitrary code. realplayer 2005-07-06 2005-07-06: 01 96923 remote 10.0.5 10.0.5

RealPlayer is a multimedia player capable of handling multiple multimedia file formats.

RealPlayer is vulnerable to a heap overflow when opening RealMedia files which make use of RealText.

By enticing a user to play a specially crafted RealMedia file an attacker could execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the user running the application.

There is no known workaround at this time.

All RealPlayer users should upgrade to the latest available version:


    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=media-video/realplayer-10.0.5"

RealNetworks Security Advisory CAN-2005-1766 koon DerCorny koon