CVE-2011-2949 describes a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in several versions of RealNetworks RealPlayer and RealPlayer SP. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by enticing a user to open a specially crafted MP3 file containing malicious ID3v2 tags. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is critical, requiring no authentication and having high impacts on confidentiality, integrity, and availability, though it necessitates user interaction (medium attack complexity). Despite its severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:realnetworks:realplayer:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:realnetworks:realplayer:11.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
14.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:realnetworks:realplayer:14.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
14.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:realnetworks:realplayer:14.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
14.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:realnetworks:realplayer:14.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.