RealPlayer 11 sticks deadly bugs

A Russian security firm Gleg Ltd said it has discovered an extremely dangerous security bug in the multimedia application RealPlayer that could be exploited to remotely run malicious code on a PC.

This error has been determined to affect both the version of RealPlayer 11 running on the Windows XP Service Pack 2 platform. A Flash video detailing the error extraction process is now available via the main website. Gleg's consciousness.

Chief technology officer Gleg Ltd - Mr. Evgeny Legerov - announced on Tuesday (January 1) that the exploit code for the above mentioned RealPlayer 11 is via a Daily Dave Security post. However, detailed information about the error as well as the exploit code has not been disclosed yet.

Legerov found the error in the process of re-checking the source code of the RealPlayer application. He said this was a buffer overflow error.

Gleg is a company specializing in intrusion testing software that can help professional security professionals detect security holes in the system. In fact, the RealPlayer error has been added to Gled's VulnDisco SA software since December 16, 2007. This means users have faced the risk of being attacked more than 2 weeks ago.

No information has yet been shown that Gleg's RealPlayer 11 exploit code has been revealed to the public. Real application developer said that he is now adding information about security bugs and determining if Gleg's error code actually works.

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