Advisory Details

November 15th, 2012

RealNetworks RealPlayer RV40 Remote Code Execution Vulnerability

CVE ID	CVE-2012-0925
CVSS SCORE	9.0, AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:C
AFFECTED VENDORS	RealNetworks
AFFECTED PRODUCTS	RealPlayer
VULNERABILITY DETAILS	This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on vulnerable installations of RealNetworks RealPlayer. User interaction is required in that a target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The flaw exists within the rv40.dll component for RealNetworks RealPlayer. When parsing a stream containing RV40 sample data, a value is miscalculated before being used as an offset from a base pointer address. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to execute arbitrary code under the context of the process.
ADDITIONAL DETAILS	RealNetworks has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More details can be found at: http://service.real.com/realplayer/security/09072012_player/en/
DISCLOSURE TIMELINE	2011-10-21 - Vulnerability reported to vendor 2012-11-15 - Coordinated public release of advisory
CREDIT	Dan Rosenberg of Virtual Security Research Damian Put

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