>> Realplayer and Helix Player Remote Format String Vulnerability
Title : Realplayer and Helix Player Remote Format String Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2005-1855 CVE ID : GENERIC-MAP-NOMATCH CWE ID : CWE-
Rated as : Critical
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2005-09-26
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in Realplayer and Helix Player, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands. This issue is due to a format string error when processing ".rp" (relpix) or ".rt" (realtext) files containing a specially crafted "image handle" or "timeformat" attribute, which could be exploited by an attacker to take complete control of an affected system by convincing a user to open a malformed rp/rt file.
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