CVE-2010-2997: Realnetworks Realplayer

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 5.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Use-after-free vulnerability in RealNetworks RealPlayer 11.0 through 11.1, RealPlayer SP 1.0 through 1.0.1, Mac RealPlayer 11.0 through 11.1, Linux RealPlayer 11.0.2.1744, and possibly HelixPlayer 1.0.6 and other versions, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via a crafted StreamTitle tag in an ICY SHOUTcast stream, related to the SMIL file format.

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

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