RealPlayer for Windows < 16.0.3.51 Remote Buffer Overflow and Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 8000

Synopsis

The remote host is running a version of RealPlayer multimedia application that may be vulnerable to a buffer overflow as well as a remote memory corruption.

Description

RealPlayer builds earlier than 16.0.3.51 are potentially affected by the following vulnerabilities :

- A stack buffer overflow when handling filenames.(CVE-2013-4973)

- Memory corruption vulnerability when parsing a malformed RealMedia file. (CVE-2013-4974)

Solution

Upgrade to RealPlayer 16.0.3.51 or later on your Windows platform.

See Also

http://service.real.com/realplayer/security/08232013_player/en

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 8000

Family: Web Clients

Published: 8/26/2013

Updated: 3/6/2019

Nessus ID: 69472

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:realnetworks:realplayer

Patch Publication Date: 8/23/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/23/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4973, CVE-2013-4974

BID: 61990, 61989