CVE-2010-2579: Realnetworks Realplayer

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 1.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The cook codec in RealNetworks RealPlayer 11.0 through 11.1, RealPlayer SP 1.0 through 1.1.4, RealPlayer Enterprise 2.1.2, Mac RealPlayer 11.0 through 11.1, and Linux RealPlayer 11.0.2.1744 does not properly initialize the number of channels, which allows attackers to obtain unspecified "memory access" via unknown vectors.

Affected products

• Realnetworks Realplayer: version 11.0 only; version 11.0.1 only; version 11.0.2 only; version 11.0.3 only; version 11.0.4 only; version 11.0.5 only; …
• Realnetworks Realplayer SP: version 1.0.0 only; version 1.0.1 only; version 1.0.2 only; version 1.0.5 only; version 1.1 only; version 1.1.1 only; …

Published 2010-12-14. Last modified 2026-06-16.