Check Point Advisories

RealNetworks RealPlayer SWF Frame Handling Buffer Overflow - ver 2 (CVE-2007-5400)

Check Point Reference: CPAI-2014-1339
Date Published: 9 Apr 2014
Severity: High
Last Updated: Wednesday 10 December, 2014
Source: RealNetworks 07252008_player
Industry Reference:CVE-2007-5400
Protection Provided by:

Security Gateway
R81, R80, R77, R75
Who is Vulnerable? RealNetworks RealPlayer 10
RealNetworks RealPlayer 10.5
RealNetworks RealPlayer Enterprise
Vulnerability Description There exists a heap buffer overflow vulnerability in the RealNetworks RealPlayer product. The vulnerability is due to a design error within the handling of frames in Shockwave Flash (SWF) files. A remote attacker can exploit this vulnerability to create a heap overflow condition in the target application.

Protection Overview

This protection will detect and block attempts to exploit this vulnerability.

In order for the protection to be activated, update your Security Gateway product to the latest IPS update. For information on how to update IPS, go to SBP-2006-05, click on Protection tab and select the version of your choice.

Security Gateway R80 / R77 / R75

  1. In the IPS tab, click Protections and find the RealNetworks RealPlayer SWF Frame Handling Buffer Overflow - ver 2 protection using the Search tool and Edit the protection's settings.
  2. Install policy on all Security Gateways.

This protection's log will contain the following information:

Attack Name:  Content Protection Violation.
Attack Information:  RealNetworks RealPlayer SWF Frame Handling Buffer Overflow - ver 2

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