Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in RealPlayer SP, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. The vulnerability is caused by missing input validation in the handling of sample chunks when parsing QCP audio content. This can be exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow. Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code. RealPlayer SP 1.0.5 is affected.
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Secunia Research 18/10/2010
- RealPlayer QCP Sample Chunk Parsing Buffer Overflow -
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Table of Contents
Affected Software....................................................1
Severity.............................................................2
Vendor's Description of Software.....................................3
Description of Vulnerability.........................................4
Solution.............................................................5
Time Table...........................................................6
Credits..............................................................7
References...........................................................8
About Secunia........................................................9
Verification........................................................10
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1) Affected Software
* RealPlayer SP 1.0.5
NOTE: Other versions may also be affected.
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2) Severity
Rating: Highly critical
Impact: System compromise
Where: Remote
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3) Vendor's Description of Software
"RealPlayer SP lets you download video from thousands of Websites
free! Just click on the "download this video" button above the video
you want. It's just that easy. Now you can watch your favorite videos
anywhere, anytime."
Product Link:
http://www.real.com/realplayer/
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4) Description of Vulnerability
Secunia Research has discovered a vulnerability in RealPlayer SP,
which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's
system.
The vulnerability is caused by missing input validation in the
handling of sample chunks when parsing QCP audio content. This can be
exploited to cause a heap-based buffer overflow.
Successful exploitation may allow execution of arbitrary code.
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5) Solution
Update to RealPlayer SP 1.1.5 or RealPlayer Enterprise 2.1.3.
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6) Time Table
25/02/2010 - Vendor notified.
11/03/2010 - Vendor provides status update.
17/08/2010 - Vendor provides status update.
30/09/2010 - Vendor provides status update.
08/10/2010 - Vendor provides status update.
18/10/2010 - Public disclosure.
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7) Credits
Discovered by Carsten Eiram, Secunia Research.
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8) References
The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE) project has assigned
CVE-2010-2578 for the vulnerability.
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9) About Secunia
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10) Verification
Please verify this advisory by visiting the Secunia website:
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2010-13/
Complete list of vulnerability reports published by Secunia Research:
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