RealNetworks RealPlayer 10.0 memory leak

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in RealNetworks RealPlayer 10.0. It has been declared as problematic. Impacted is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to memory leak. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2007-2497. Moreover, an exploit is present.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in RealNetworks RealPlayer 10.0 (Multimedia Player Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory leak vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-401. The product does not sufficiently track and release allocated memory after it has been used, which slowly consumes remaining memory. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

RealNetworks RealPlayer 10 Gold allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a certain .ra file. NOTE: this issue was referred to as a "memory leak," but it is not clear if this is correct.

The bug was discovered 04/30/2007. The weakness was disclosed 04/30/2007 by n00b (Website). The advisory is available at milw0rm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2007-2497 since 05/03/2007. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in Python and been published even before and not after the advisory. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (34425), Exploit-DB (3819), SecurityFocus (BID 23712†), OSVDB (41730†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-17007†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory leak
CWE: CWE-401 / CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: realnetworks.com

Advisory: milw0rm.com⛔
Researcher: n00b
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2007-2497 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-2497
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-36602
X-Force: 34425
SecurityFocus: 23712 - RealNetwork RealPlayer RA File Handling Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability
OSVDB: 41730 - RealPlayer RA File Handling Memory Consumption DoS
Vulnerability Center: 17007 - Real Networks RealPlayer Vulnerability Allows Remote Attackers to Cause DoS via RA Files, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 03/13/2015 14:56
Updated: 09/09/2024 13:48
Changes: 03/13/2015 14:56 (64), 08/01/2019 09:45 (5), 09/09/2024 13:48 (19)
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Cache ID: 216:D90:103

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