Code Injection in RealPlayer - CVE-2011-4260

 

Code Injection in RealPlayer - CVE-2011-4260

Published: November 24, 2011 / Updated: August 11, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU44493
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-4260
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: RealNetworks
Affected software:
RealPlayer

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

RealNetworks RealPlayer before 15.0.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a malformed header in an MP4 file.


How to mitigate CVE-2011-4260

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources