CVE-2007-5601
Stack-based buffer overflow in the Database Component in MPAMedia.dll in RealNetworks RealPlayer 10.5 and 11 beta, and earlier versions…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 42.2%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.3% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
Stack-based buffer overflow in the Database Component in MPAMedia.dll in RealNetworks RealPlayer 10.5 and 11 beta, and earlier versions including 10, RealOne Player, and RealOne Player 2, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via certain playlist names, as demonstrated via the import method to the IERPCtl ActiveX control in ierpplug.dll.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list a Metasploit module and 2 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits3
Metasploit modules1 module
- RealPlayer ierpplug.dll ActiveX Control Playlist Name Buffer Overflow (Metasploit module) (opens in a new tab)
exploit/windows/browser/realplayer_importRank normaldisclosed 18 Oct 2007
Exploit-DB2 entries
- RealPlayer - 'ierpplug.dll' ActiveX Control Playlist Name Buffer Overflow (Metasploit) (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 16497remote, windowspublished 9 May 2010Verified
- RealPlayer 10.0/10.5/11 - 'ierpplug.dll' ActiveX Control Import Playlist Name Stack Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 30692remote, windowspublished 18 Oct 2007Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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Published
- 17 years later
· 17 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 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 42.2% · top 1.3% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
10
- 27248 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- VU#871673 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- 1018843 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- ADV-2007-3548 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- http://www.infosecblog.org/2007/10/nasa-bans-ie.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 26130 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.symantec.com/enterprise/security_response/weblog/2007/10/realplayer_exploit_on_the_loos.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- TA07-297A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
- http://service.real.com/realplayer/security/191007_player/en/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- realplayer-activex-bo(37280) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_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-2007-5576 (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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