{"answers":{"affected":"It affects 4 products.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-4242 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Upgrade to a fixed version.","what":"CVE-2009-4242 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Realnetworks Realplayer, published on 25 Jan 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2009-4242 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2009-4242 is a critical memory corruption vulnerability in Realnetworks Realplayer, published on 25 Jan 2010. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2009-4242 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected product: Realnetworks Realplayer. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-4242/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-4242/index.md)","id":"CVE-2009-4242","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-4242/index.md","name":"CVE-2009-4242","record":{"aliases":["GHSA-x57c-5473-xjq4"],"analysis":{"component_type":"desktop_application","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["code_execution"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"RealPlayer media player","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code by tricking users into opening a malicious GIF file in RealPlayer due to a heap-based buffer overflow.","user_interaction":"required","vuln_class":"memory_corruption"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"mitre","cpe":[{"product":"helix_player","vendor":"realnetworks"},{"product":"realplayer","vendor":"realnetworks"},{"product":"realplayer_enterprise","vendor":"realnetworks"},{"product":"realplayer_sp","vendor":"realnetworks"}],"cvss":{"score":9.3,"severity":"critical","source":"nvd","vector":"AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C","version":"2.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-119","name":"Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer"}],"description":"Heap-based buffer overflow in the CGIFCodec::GetPacketBuffer function in datatype/image/gif/common/gifcodec.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, 10.1, and 11.0; Linux RealPlayer 10; and Helix Player 10.x allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a GIF file with crafted chunk sizes that trigger improper memory allocation.","ecosystems":[],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2009-4242","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":null,"product":"realnetworks:realplayer","products":["realnetworks:realplayer","realnetworks:realplayer_sp"],"type":"memory_corruption","year":"2009"},"n_packages":0,"n_references":15,"next":{"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2009-4243"},"packages":[],"prev":{"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2009-4241"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2010-01-25","related":[{"cvss_score":9.3,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2009-4241","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2010-01-25"},{"cvss_score":9.3,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2009-4243","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2010-01-25"},{"cvss_score":9.3,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2009-4244","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2010-01-25"},{"cvss_score":9.3,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2009-4245","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2010-01-25"},{"cvss_score":9.3,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2009-4246","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2010-01-25"},{"cvss_score":9.3,"headline":"Memory corruption in n/a","id":"CVE-2009-4247","kev_date_added":null,"published":"2010-01-25"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-07","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Remote attackers can execute arbitrary code by tricking users into opening a malicious GIF file in RealPlayer due to a heap-based buffer overflow.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-4242/"}