CVE-2005-2710

Helix Player vulnerability

CVSS

5.1

EPSS

13.2%

EPSS pct

96th

Exploited

No known

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.

Affected vendor

Realnetworks

Affected product

Helix Player

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Published

2005-09-27

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, high attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to confidentiality, partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 13.2% reflects a moderate probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 96% of all scored CVEs.

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Confirm whether Realnetworks Helix Player is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2005-2710.
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