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CVE-2005-0755
Heap-based buffer overflow in RealPlayer 10 and earlier, Helix Player before 10.0.4, and RealOne Player v1 and v2 allows remote attackers…
- 5.1MediumCVSS base score
- 3.4%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 11% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in RealPlayer 10 and earlier, Helix Player before 10.0.4, and RealOne Player v1 and v2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a long hostname in a RAM file.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 35 days later
· 35 days later
Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 3.4% · top 11% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- RHSA-2005:392 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:363 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- FEDORA-2005-329 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 20050420 RealNetworks RealPlayer/RealOne Player/Helix Player Remote Heap Overflow (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://service.real.com/help/faq/security/050419_player/EN/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:394 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11205 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- http://pb.specialised.info/all/adv/real-ram-adv.txt (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-2005-0756 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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