CVE-2005-2710 EXPLOIT
5.1
MEDIUM · CVSS 2.0 · EPSS 13.2% (pctl 96)
Patch early
A public exploit exists.
Description
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.
Scoring
| CVSS | 5.1 (MEDIUM, v2.0) |
|---|---|
| Vector | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| EPSS | 13.18% — more likely to be exploited than 96% of all CVEs |
| On CISA KEV | no |
| Public exploit | yes |
| Published | 2005-09-27 |
| Last modified | 2026-06-16 |
Affected (2)
| Vendor | Product |
|---|---|
| realnetworks | helix player |
| realnetworks | realplayer |
Public exploits
| Source | Title | Date |
|---|---|---|
| exploit-db | RealPlayer/Helix Player (Linux) - Remote Format String | 2005-09-26 |
References
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=168078
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112785544325326&w=2
- http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=112775929608219&w=2
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16954
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16961
- http://secunia.com/advisories/16981
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17116
- http://secunia.com/advisories/17127
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/27
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/41
- http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-826
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-07.xml
- http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=311&type=vulnerabilities
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/361181
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_59_RealPlayer.html
- http://www.open-security.org/advisories/13
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-762.html
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-788.html
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11015
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=168078
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