ZDI-07-062: RealNetworks RealPlayer PLS File Memory Corruption Vulnerability

ZDI-07-062: RealNetworks RealPlayer PLS File Memory Corruption
Vulnerability
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-07-062.html
October 25, 2007

– CVE ID:
CVE-2007-4599

– Affected Vendor:
RealNetworks

– Affected Products:
RealNetworks RealPlayer version 10.5

– TippingPoint(TM) IPS Customer Protection:
TippingPoint IPS customers have been protected against this
vulnerability since April 26, 2007 by Digital Vaccine protection
filter ID 5212. For further product information on the TippingPoint IPS:

http://www.tippingpoint.com 

– Vulnerability Details:
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute code on vulnerable
installations of RealPlayer. User interaction is required in that a user
must open a malicious .pls file or visit a malicious web site.

The specific flaw exists during the parsing of corrupted playlist
files. Malicious corruption causes RealPlayer to call into a static
heap address which can be leveraged by an attacker resulting in
arbitrary code execution under the context of the logged in user.

– Vendor Response:
RealNetworks has issued an update to correct this vulnerability. More
details can be found at:

http://service.real.com/realplayer/security/10252007_player/en/

– Disclosure Timeline:
2007.03.09 - Vulnerability reported to vendor
2007.04.26 - Digital Vaccine released to TippingPoint customers
2007.10.25 - Coordinated public release of advisory

– Credit:
This vulnerability was discovered by an anonymous researcher.

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