CVE-2009-4242

Exploitation

Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.

SSVC decision

Not assessed by CISA

EPSS probability

8.45% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.

EPSS percentile

Ranks above 94.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.

NVD base score

The NVD has published no score for this record

NVD CVSS vector

No NVD score to derive

NVD analysis status

Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.

Red Hat severity

Critical. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

Published

2010-01-25 19:00Z16 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-07 06:54Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2009-12-09

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

2fb4161ae3290e1dac1e9fe31a2ab627dc68a04d8911a95308b0e566b3090a91

• www.redhat.comRHSA-2010:0094http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0094.htmlvendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
• www.vupen.comADV-2010-0178http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/0178vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
• oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10144https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10144vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
• exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comrealplayer-gif-bo(55795)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/55795vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
• securitytracker.com1023489http://securitytracker.com/id?1023489vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
• bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=561436x_refsource_CONFIRM
• lists.helixcommunity.org[datatype-cvs] 20080909 image/gif/common gifcodec.cpp,1.7,1.8http://lists.helixcommunity.org/pipermail/datatype-cvs/2008-September/008633.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
• service.real.comhttp://service.real.com/realplayer/security/01192010_player/en/x_refsource_CONFIRM
• secunia.com38450http://secunia.com/advisories/38450third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• www.zerodayinitiative.comhttp://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-10-006/x_refsource_MISC
• osvdb.org61966http://osvdb.org/61966vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
• secunia.com38218http://secunia.com/advisories/38218third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
• helixcommunity.orghttps://helixcommunity.org/viewcvs/datatype/image/gif/common/gifcodec.cpp?view=log#rev1.8x_refsource_CONFIRM
• www.securityfocus.com20100121 ZDI-10-006: RealNetworks RealPlayer GIF Handling Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilityhttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/509096/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
• www.securityfocus.com37880http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37880vdb-entryx_refsource_BID