Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2009-4242 First vendor Publication 2010-01-25
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2018-10-10

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 9.3 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 8.6 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Heap-based buffer overflow in the CGIFCodec::GetPacketBuffer function in datatype/image/gif/common/gifcodec.cpp in RealNetworks RealPlayer 10; RealPlayer 10.5 6.0.12.1040 through 6.0.12.1741; RealPlayer 11 11.0.0 through 11.0.4; RealPlayer Enterprise; Mac RealPlayer 10, 10.1, and 11.0; Linux RealPlayer 10; and Helix Player 10.x allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a GIF file with crafted chunk sizes that trigger improper memory allocation.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-4242

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-119 Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10144
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10144
Title: Heap-based buffer overflow in the CGIFCodec::GetPacketBuffer function in datatype/image/gif/common/gifcodec.cpp in RealNetworks RealPlayer 10; RealPlayer 10.5 6.0.12.1040 through 6.0.12.1741; RealPlayer 11 11.0.0 through 11.0.4; RealPlayer Enterprise; Mac RealPlayer 10, 10.1, and 11.0; Linux RealPlayer 10; and Helix Player 10.x allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a GIF file with crafted chunk sizes that trigger improper memory allocation.
Description: Heap-based buffer overflow in the CGIFCodec::GetPacketBuffer function in datatype/image/gif/common/gifcodec.cpp in RealNetworks RealPlayer 10; RealPlayer 10.5 6.0.12.1040 through 6.0.12.1741; RealPlayer 11 11.0.0 through 11.0.4; RealPlayer Enterprise; Mac RealPlayer 10, 10.1, and 11.0; Linux RealPlayer 10; and Helix Player 10.x allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a GIF file with crafted chunk sizes that trigger improper memory allocation.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2009-4242
 Version: 5
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
CentOS Linux 4
Oracle Linux 4
 Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 9
Application 1
Application 2

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2010-02-15 Name : CentOS Update for HelixPlayer CESA-2010:0094 centos4 i386
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2010_0094_HelixPlayer_centos4_i386.nasl
2010-02-15 Name : RedHat Update for HelixPlayer RHSA-2010:0094-02
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2010_0094-02_HelixPlayer.nasl
2010-02-02 Name : RealNetworks RealPlayer Multiple Code Execution Vulnerabilities (Linux)
File : nvt/secpod_realplayer_mult_code_exec_vuln_lin.nasl
2010-02-02 Name : RealNetworks RealPlayer Multiple Code Execution Vulnerabilities (Win)
File : nvt/secpod_realplayer_mult_code_exec_vuln_win.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
61966 RealNetworks Multiple Products Crafted GIF File Chunk Size Overflow

Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM)

Date Description
2010-02-18 IAVM : 2010-A-0022 - Multiple HelixPlayer Vulnerabilities in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
Severity : Category II - VMSKEY : V0022670

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2010-0094.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing a security update.
File : sl_20100209_HelixPlayer_on_SL4_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-02-10 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.
File : centos_RHSA-2010-0094.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-02-10 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.
File : redhat-RHSA-2010-0094.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2010-01-22 Name : The remote Windows application is affected by multiple buffer overflow vulner...
File : realplayer_12_0_0_319.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
BID http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37880
BUGTRAQ http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509096/100/0/threaded
CONFIRM http://service.real.com/realplayer/security/01192010_player/en/
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=561436
https://helixcommunity.org/viewcvs/datatype/image/gif/common/gifcodec.cpp?vie...
MISC http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-006/
MLIST http://lists.helixcommunity.org/pipermail/datatype-cvs/2008-September/008633....
OSVDB http://osvdb.org/61966
OVAL https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.ova...
REDHAT http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0094.html
SECTRACK http://securitytracker.com/id?1023489
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/38218
http://secunia.com/advisories/38450
VUPEN http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0178
XF https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55795

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