CVE-2005-2710
Format string vulnerability in Real HelixPlayer and RealPlayer 10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the (1) image…
- 5.1MediumCVSS base score
- 13.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 3.6% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- RealPlayer/Helix Player (Linux) - Remote Format String (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 1232remote, linuxpublished 26 Sept 2005Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 32 days later
· 32 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)
- 13.2% · top 3.6% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
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
19
- 17127 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- VU#361181 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- GLSA-200510-07 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
- DSA-826 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
- 27 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- 20050926 RealPlayer && HelixPlayer Remote Format String (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred
- 16961 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:788 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 16981 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 17116 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 16954 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11015 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- SUSE-SA:2005:059 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
- http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=168078 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 20050930 RealNetworks RealPlayer/HelixPlayer RealPix Format String Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSEx_transferred
- http://www.open-security.org/advisories/13 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 41 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASONx_transferred
- RHSA-2005:762 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- 20050926 RealPlayer && HelixPlayer Remote Format String Exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_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-2005-2711 (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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