CVE-2008-1309
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-399
- EPSS score
- 46.0% (99th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-1316)
- Published
- March 12, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-1316 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- realnetworks / realplayer
- realnetworks / realplayer
- realnetworks / realplayer
- realnetworks / realplayer
References
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2008-March/060659.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29315(Vendor Advisory)
- http://service.real.com/realplayer/security/07252008_player/en/(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/831457(US Government Resource)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494779/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/28157(Exploit)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019576
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020563
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0842(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2194/references(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-047/
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41087
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/5332
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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