| CVE ID | CVE-2011-2949 |
| CVSS SCORE | 9.0, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C |
| AFFECTED VENDORS |
RealNetworks |
| AFFECTED PRODUCTS |
RealPlayer |
| TREND MICRO CUSTOMER PROTECTION | Trend Micro TippingPoint IPS customers are protected against this vulnerability by Digital Vaccine protection filter ID ['11363']. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS: http://www.tippingpoint.com |
| VULNERABILITY DETAILS |
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of RealNetworks Realplayer. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the way RealPlayer handles ID3v2 Tags. RealPlayer creates a fixed size buffer for certain tags and will then populate them with the data from the file. It uses a call to WideCharToMultiByte to convert the data, but fails to take into account that converting a single wide char might result in more then two multi-byte chars. This causes more data to be written into the fixed buffer then anticipated resulting in a heap buffer overflow. |
| ADDITIONAL DETAILS |
RealNetworks has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at:
http://service.real.com/realplayer/security/08162011_player/en/ |
| DISCLOSURE TIMELINE |
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| CREDIT | Sean de Regge |
