THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2012-0924
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2012-0924

Realplayer vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
3.7%
EPSS pct
89th
Exploited
No known
RealNetworks RealPlayer 11.x, 14.x, and 15.x before 15.02.71, and RealPlayer SP 1.0 through 1.1.5, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via vectors involving a VIDOBJ_START_CODE code in a header within a video stream.
Affected vendor
Realnetworks
Affected product
Realplayer
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2012-02-08

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.7% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 89% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2012-0924

  • Confirm whether Realnetworks Realplayer is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2012-0924.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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