Art Clemons on 8 Oct 2004 03:07:01 -0000


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[PLUG] RealPlayer has a real cross platform security flaw evidently


http://www.eeye.com/html/research/advisories/AD20041001.html

I noticed a reference to this as I was using the Helix Player, it made me feel oh so secure and apparently, it allows reliably overwrite heap memory, possibly not as bad for linux users but still awful. Propietary code is so nice.
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