VUPEN Security - RealPlayer IERPCtl ActiveX Playlist Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability / Exploit (Security Advisories)

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Title : RealPlayer IERPCtl ActiveX Playlist Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Advisory ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-3548
CVE ID : CVE-2007-5601
Rated as : Critical

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2007-10-22

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A vulnerability has been identified in RealPlayer and RealOne Player, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service or take complete control of an affected system. This issue is caused by a buffer overflow error in the IERPCtl ActiveX control (ierpplug.dll) when processing an overly long playlist name, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into visiting a specially crafted web page.

Note : This vulnerability is currently being exploited in the wild.

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Symantec.

ChangeLog

2007-10-22 : Initial release

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