Realplayer Unspecified Buffer Overflow Vulnerability

[TCH-Thomas]

From: Secunia

secunia.com/advisories/28276/

 

Rating: Highly critical

 

Description:

Evgeny Legerov has reported a vulnerability in RealPlayer, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

 

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error and can be exploited to cause a buffer overflow. No further information is available.

 

Successful exploitation allows execution of arbitrary code.

 

The vulnerability is reported in version 11 build 6.0.14.748. Other versions may also be affected.

 

Solution:

Do not open untrusted media files or browse untrusted websites.

[TCH-Bruce]

Thanks Thomas