Vulnerability in Realnetworks Helix Player
CVE-2005-2629
Integer overflow in RealNetworks RealPlayer 8, 10, and 10.5, RealOne Player 1 and 2, and Helix Player 10.0.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an .rm movie file with a large value in the length field of the first data packet, which leads to a stack-based buffer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-1481.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.1 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.128 (96.2th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.128 · newest: 0.128 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Realnetworks Helix Player — versions 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2
- Realnetworks Realone Player — versions 1.0, 2.0
- Realnetworks Realplayer — versions 8.0, 10.0, 10.5
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- securityreason.com/securityalert/169 (third-party-advisory)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- www.eeye.com/html/research/advisories/AD20051110a.html (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- securitytracker.com/id (vdb-entry)
- secunia.com/advisories/17559 (third-party-advisory)
- marc.info/ (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/17514/ (Patch, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/15381/ (vdb-entry)
- service.real.com/help/faq/security/051110_player/EN/ (Patch)
- www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-915 (vendor-advisory, Patch, Vendor Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2005-2629?
- CVE-2005-2629 is a vulnerability in Realnetworks Helix Player. Published 2005-11-18.
- Is CVE-2005-2629 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.