Because no media player is safe these days it would appear. I just learned today that there a nice sized security hole built into Real Player that could lead to some major headaches if it is not patched.

Two flaws in RealNetworks’ popular media player could let attackers commandeer Windows computers running the software, a security company has warned.

The vulnerabilities affect RealPlayer on all versions of Windows, according to two short advisories that eEye Digital Security published Thursday. To exploit the flaws, an attacker would craft a special media file and host it on a Web site or trick a user into opening it, Steve Manzuik, security product manager at eEye, said Friday.

“I don’t think there is an immediate risk to users. We have no evidence of others knowing or exploiting the flaw,” Manzuik said.

Researchers at eEye told RealNetworks about one of the flaws on Nov. 16 and reported the second on Nov. 30, according to the advisories. eEye regards a patch as “overdue” 60 days after it has reported a vulnerability, so RealNetworks has some time to come up with a fix for the bugs. [Read the rest]