Stack-based buffer overflow in RealNetworks RealPlayer 15.0.5.109 allows user-assisted…
Priority LOW 35CWE-119Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Network
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- Medium
- Impact type
- Code execution
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- Partial · Partial · Partial
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA. Impact type from CWE-119 and the CVSS impact.
Summary
Stack-based buffer overflow in RealNetworks RealPlayer 15.0.5.109 allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted ZIP file that triggers incorrect processing of long pathnames by the Watch Folders feature.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.02989 87th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 1
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:realnetworks:realplayer:15.0.5.109:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 15.0.5.109 | Vulnerable | RealNetworks |
- cpe:2.3:a:realnetworks:realplayer:15.0.5.109:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 15.0.5.109 Vulnerable ·RealNetworks
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2012-4987
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-q7w6-w686-vfgw
References
More RealNetworks Realplayer vulnerabilities
- TI-2012-04788 Buffer overflow in RealNetworks RealPlayer before 16.0.0.282 and RealPlayer SP 1.0… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2008-01259 The RealAudioObjects.RealAudio ActiveX control in rmoc3260.dll in RealNetworks RealPlayer… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2013-05928 Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in RealNetworks RealPlayer before 17.0.4.61 on… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
- TI-2007-05384 Stack-based buffer overflow in the Database Component in MPAMedia.dll in RealNetworks… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2010-03559 An ActiveX control in RealNetworks RealPlayer 11.0 through 11.1, RealPlayer SP 1.0… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
- TI-2007-03304 Stack-based buffer overflow in the SmilTimeValue::parseWallClockValue function in… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
Sources
- CVE-2012-4987 · CVE Program
- CVE-2012-4987 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-q7w6-w686-vfgw · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
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