CVE-2013-3299 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can crash RealPlayer or exhaust resources by tricking users into opening a malicious HTML document with JavaScript.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2013-3299?
CVE-2013-3299 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Realnetworks Realplayer, published on 6 Jul 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
RealNetworks RealPlayer 16.0.2.32 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption or application crash) via an HTML document containing JavaScript code that constructs a long string.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-3299?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Realnetworks Realplayer.
How do I fix CVE-2013-3299?
No fix has been published for CVE-2013-3299 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2013-3299 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2013-3299 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
Other vulnerabilities in Realnetworks Realplayer
Sources
Also known as GHSA-fcg7-x488-fh8j.