Vulnerability Report

CVE-2016-9018

Title: Realnetworks Realplayer Memory Corruption

Memory Corruption

Proof Of Concept

PoC Available for CVE-2016-9018

CWE Category CWE-476

Published Date Oct 28, 2016

Modified Date May 06, 2026

Exploit Status Available

Score 5.5 CVSS v3.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

1.38%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2016-9018: Improper handling of a repeating VRAT chunk in qcpfformat.dll allows attackers to cause a Null pointer dereference and crash in RealNetworks RealPlayer 18.1.5.705 through a crafted .QCP media file.

Impacted Vendors

realnetworks 1

real 1

Reference Links

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94239 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40617/ http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94239 https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40617/

CVSS v3.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

5.5

Attack Vector

LOCAL

Complexity

LOW

Privileges

N/A

Interaction

REQUIRED

Confidentiality

N/A

Integrity

N/A

Availability

N/A

Scope

UNCHANGED

RAW VECTOR CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity MEDIUM

4.3

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2016-9018 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

Exploit-DB https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/40617

View Code

May 06, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 12, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

October 28, 2016 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector LOCAL

Complexity LOW

Privileges N/A

Interaction REQUIRED

CVSS Vector String


                                    CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.