CVE-2010-0416

Buffer overflow in the Unescape function in common/util/hxurl.cpp and player/hxclientkit/src/CHXClientSink.cpp in Helix Player 1.0.6 and RealPlayer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a URL argument containing a % (percent) character that is not followed by two hex digits.

Score

CVSS 2.0 7.5 High

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2010-02-18

Last modified

2024-08-07

Weaknesses

CWE-119

Affected products

• Helix Player (Realnetworks)
• Realplayer (Realnetworks)

References

• http://lists.helixcommunity.org/pipermail/common-cvs/2007-July/014956.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/38450
• http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0094.html
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=561856
• https://helixcommunity.org/viewcvs/common/util/hxurl.cpp?view=log#rev1.24.4.1.4.1
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10847