EEye Digital Security has uncovered new security holes affecting a wide range of RealNetworks' media players.
The flaws could be exploited via a malicious web page or a RealMedia file run from a local drive to take over a user's system or delete files, according to RealNetworks.
Researchers have turned up a myriad of serious security flaws in client software over the past few weeks, and such bugs can be difficult to patch because of the sheer number of desktops in use.
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