Title : RealPlayer IERPCtl ActiveX Playlist Handling Buffer Overflow Vulnerability VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2007-3548 CVE ID : CVE-2007-5601
Rated as : Critical
Remotely Exploitable : Yes Locally Exploitable : Yes Release Date : 2007-10-22
Technical Description
A vulnerability has been identified in RealPlayer and RealOne Player, 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 IERPCtl ActiveX control (ierpplug.dll) when processing an overly long playlist name, which could be exploited by remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by tricking a user into visiting a specially crafted web page.
Note : This vulnerability is currently being exploited in the wild.
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