Description
RealNetworks RealPlayer 10.1.0.3114 and earlier, and Helix Player 1.0.6.778 on Fedora Core 6 (FC6) and possibly other platforms, allow user-assisted remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via a malformed .au file that triggers a divide-by-zero error.
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- RealPlayer 11 - '.au' Denial of Service EDB-4683 · dos · Dec 1, 2007 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- realplayer-helixplayer-au-dos(36545) vdb-entry
- 20070911 RealPlayer/HelixPlayer .au Divide-By-Zero Denial of Service Vulnerability mailing-list
- 25627 vdb-entry
- 20070911 RealPlayer/HelixPlayer .au Divide-By-Zero Denial of Service Vulnerability mailing-list
- 39904 vdb-entry