RealPlayer haunted by 'critical' security holes

If you still have the RealPlayer software on your machine, now might be a good time to uninstall it. If you really need to keep it (why?), it’s definitely time to apply the latest update to avoid malicious hacker attacks.

RealNetworks has shipped a critical update to address multiple vulnerabilities, some serious enough to allow a remote, unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code or obtain sensitive information.

Some raw details:

* CVE-2010-2996: RealPlayer malformed IVR pointer index code execution vulnerability. Affected software: Windows RealPlayer 11.1 and prior.
* CVE-2010-3002: RealPlayerActiveX unauthorized file access vulnerability. Affected software: Windows RealPlayer 11.1 and prior.
* CVE-2010-0116: RealPlayer QCP files parsing integer overflow vulnerability. Affected software: Windows RealPlayer SP 1.1.4 and prior.
* CVE-2010-0117: RealPlayer processing of dimensions in the YUV420 transformation of MP4 content vulnerability. continue reading

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