CVE-2009-0375

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-02-08 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-94

Description

Buffer overflow in a DLL file in RealNetworks RealPlayer 10, RealPlayer 10.5 6.0.12.1040 through 6.0.12.1741, RealPlayer 11 11.0.0 through 11.0.4, RealPlayer Enterprise, Mac RealPlayer 10 and 10.1, Linux RealPlayer 10, and Helix Player 10.x allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted Internet Video Recording (IVR) file with a filename length field containing a large integer, which triggers overwrite of an arbitrary memory location with a 0x00 byte value, related to use of RealPlayer through a Windows Explorer plugin.

Affected products

RealNetworks Realplayer: 11

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/33810
http://secunia.com/advisories/38218
http://service.real.com/realplayer/security/01192010_player/en/
http://www.fortiguardcenter.com/advisory/FGA-2009-04.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500722/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33652
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0178
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/48567
http://secunia.com/advisories/33810
http://secunia.com/advisories/38218
http://service.real.com/realplayer/security/01192010_player/en/
http://www.fortiguardcenter.com/advisory/FGA-2009-04.html

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