CVE-2009-4248
Buffer overflow in the RTSPProtocol::HandleSetParameterRequest function in client/core/rtspprotocol.cpp in RealNetworks RealPlayer 10,…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 6.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 5.9% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Buffer overflow in the RTSPProtocol::HandleSetParameterRequest function in client/core/rtspprotocol.cpp 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 cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted RTSP SET_PARAMETER request.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 47 days later
· 47 days later
Published
- 15 years later
· 15 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)
- 6.8% · top 5.9% 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
15
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=561361 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2010:0094 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- ADV-2010-0178 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- https://helixcommunity.org/viewcvs/client/core/rtspprotocol.cpp?view=log#rev1.55.2.19 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 1023489 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- http://service.real.com/realplayer/security/01192010_player/en/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 38450 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- [client-dev] 20080117 CR: fix for bug 211210 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- [client-cvs] 20080117 core rtspprotocol.cpp,1.85,1.86 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://helixcommunity.org/viewcvs/client/core/rtspprotocol.cpp?view=log#rev1.86 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 38218 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:10641 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- [client-cvs] 20080117 core rtspprotocol.cpp,1.55.2.18,1.55.2.19 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 37880 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- realplayer-rtsp-setparameter-bo(55801) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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-2009-4217 (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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