CVE-2008-1309
The RealAudioObjects.RealAudio ActiveX control in rmoc3260.dll in RealNetworks RealPlayer Enterprise, RealPlayer 10, RealPlayer 10.5…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 46.0%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.2% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The RealAudioObjects.RealAudio ActiveX control in rmoc3260.dll in RealNetworks RealPlayer Enterprise, RealPlayer 10, RealPlayer 10.5 before build 6.0.12.1675, and RealPlayer 11 before 11.0.3 build 6.0.14.806 does not properly manage memory for the (1) Console or (2) Controls property, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (browser crash) via a series of assignments of long string values, which triggers an overwrite of freed heap memory.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it. A reference of the record is tagged as an exploit.
Show the exploits4
Metasploit modules1 module
- RealPlayer rmoc3260.dll ActiveX Control Heap Corruption (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/browser/realplayer_consoleRank normaldisclosed 8 Mar 2008
Exploit-DB2 entries
- RealPlayer - 'rmoc3260.dll' ActiveX Control Heap Corruption (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16584remote, windowspublished 15 Jun 2010Verified
- Real Player - 'rmoc3260.dll' ActiveX Control Remote Code Execution (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 5332remote, windowspublished 1 Apr 2008Verified
References tagged exploit1 reference
- 5332 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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Published
- 16 years later
· 16 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 46.0% · top 1.2% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
13
- realplayer-realaudioobjects-code-execution(41087) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- ADV-2008-2194 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://service.real.com/realplayer/security/07252008_player/en/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 29315 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20080310 Real Networks RealPlayer ActiveX Control Heap Corruption (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 1019576 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 5332 (opens in a new tab)exploitx_refsource_EXPLOIT-DBx_transferred
- ADV-2008-0842 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-047/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- VU#831457 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 20080725 ZDI-08-047: RealNetworks RealPlayer rmoc3260 ActiveX Control Memory Corruption Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 1020563 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 28157 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2008-1316 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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