Vulnerability in Realnetworks Helix Player
CVE-2005-2710
Format string vulnerability in Real HelixPlayer and RealPlayer 10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the (1) image handle or (2) timeformat attribute in a RealPix (.rp) or RealText (.rt) file.
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: 0.132 (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: 0.132 · newest: 0.132 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Realnetworks Helix Player
- Realnetworks Realplayer — versions 10.0
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secunia.com/advisories/17127 (third-party-advisory)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/361181 (US Government Resource, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-07.xml (vendor-advisory)
- www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-826 (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/27 (third-party-advisory)
- marc.info/ (mailing-list)
- secunia.com/advisories/16961 (third-party-advisory)
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-788.html (vendor-advisory, Vendor Advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/16981 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/17116 (third-party-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2005-2710?
- CVE-2005-2710 is a vulnerability in Realnetworks Helix Player. Published 2005-09-27.
- Is CVE-2005-2710 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.