# CVE-2013-7260: Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in RealNetworks RealPlayer before 17.0.4.61 on Windows, and Mac RealPlayer before 12.0.1.1738, allow r

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Public exploit code: 1 on Exploit-DB, 1 Metasploit module
- Published: 2014-01-03 · Updated: 2024-08-06

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Multiple stack-based buffer overflows in RealNetworks RealPlayer before 17.0.4.61 on Windows, and Mac RealPlayer before 12.0.1.1738, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long (1) version number or (2) encoding declaration in the XML declaration of an RMP file, a different issue than CVE-2013-6877.

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## References

- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/64695
- http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/30468/
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90160
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/698278
- http://service.real.com/realplayer/security/12202013_player/en/
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/30468
- https://github.com/rapid7/metasploit-framework/blob/master/modules/exploits/windows/fileformat/realplayer_ver_attribute_bof.rb

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