A vulnerability has been identified in RealNetworks RealPlayer and HelixPlayer, which could be exploited by remote attackers to cause a denial of service or take complete control of an affected system. This issue is caused by a buffer overflow error in the "SmilTimeValue::parseWallClockValue()" function when handling time formats, which could be exploited by remote attackers to crash an affected application or execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into opening a specially crafted SMIL file or visiting a malicious web page.
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