Use RealOne Player and get hacked at the same time
C|Net | at | by Mike
RealNetworks is working on a new patch to address flaws in its popular media player software after the developer who discovered the problems said the original fix doesn't work. The vulnerabilities, which appear in the streaming media company's RealOne Player and Real Player, could affect as many as 115 million users of the software worldwide. The three flaws could result in what's known as a "buffer overflow," a memory problem that could compromise security controls and theoretically allow an attacker to take control of a PC running the Real media player. The intruder could exploit the security holes by encouraging unsuspecting PC users to download files with overly long file names or other distorted features, according to NGSSoftware, the security company that first discovered the flaws.