Technical Description

A vulnerability has been identified in Realplayer and Helix Player, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. This issue is due to a format string error when processing ".rp" (relpix) or ".rt" (realtext) files containing a specially crafted "image handle" or "timeformat" attribute, which could be exploited by an attacker to take complete control of an affected system by convincing a user to open a malformed rp/rt file [...]

References

http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2005/1855
http://www.open-security.org/advisories/13
https://player.helixcommunity.org/2005/releases/hx1gold/HX1_0_6ReleaseNotes.html
http://service.real.com/help/faq/security/050930_player/EN/
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=311&type=vulnerabilities

Credits

Vulnerability reported by c0ntex and iDEFENSE

ChangeLog

2005-09-26 : Initial release
2005-10-01 : Updated Description, Affected Products and Solution

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