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RealPlayer ActiveX Control "Console" Memory Corruption Vulnerability

Title : RealPlayer ActiveX Control "Console" Memory Corruption Vulnerability
Advisory ID : FrSIRT/ADV-2008-0842
CVE ID : CVE-2008-1309
Rated as : Critical

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-03-11

Advisory Details

Description

Affected Products

Solution

Technical Description

A vulnerability has been identified in RealPlayer, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service or take complete control of an affected system [...]

Solution

Upgrade to RealPlayer version 11.0.2 build 6.0.14.802 :
http://www.real.com/player

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Elazar Broad.

ChangeLog

2008-03-11 : Initial release
2008-03-24 : Updated Solution

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