CVE-2005-2629

Summary

CVECVE-2005-2629
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-11-18 23:03:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionInteger overflow in RealNetworks RealPlayer 8, 10, and 10.5, RealOne Player 1 and 2, and Helix Player 10.0.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an .rm movie file with a large value in the length field of the first data packet, which leads to a stack-based buffer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-1481.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.1 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Realnetworks Helix Player 1.0 All linux All
Application Realnetworks Helix Player 1.0.1 All linux All
Application Realnetworks Helix Player 1.0.2 All linux All
Application Realnetworks Helix Player 1.0.3 All linux All
Application Realnetworks Helix Player 1.0.4 All linux All
Application Realnetworks Helix Player 1.0.5 All linux All
Application Realnetworks Realone Player 1.0 All All All
Application Realnetworks Realone Player 2.0 All All All
Application Realnetworks Realplayer All All enterprise All
Application Realnetworks Realplayer 10.0 All All All
Application Realnetworks Realplayer 10.0 All linux All
Application Realnetworks Realplayer 10.0 All mac_os_x All
Application Realnetworks Realplayer 10.5 All All All
Application Realnetworks Realplayer 10.5_6.0.12.1040 All All All
Application Realnetworks Realplayer 10.5_6.0.12.1053 All All All
Application Realnetworks Realplayer 10.5_6.0.12.1056 All All All
Application Realnetworks Realplayer 10.5_6.0.12.1059 All All All
Application Realnetworks Realplayer 10.5_6.0.12.1069 All All All
Application Realnetworks Realplayer 10.5_6.0.12.1235 All All All
Application Realnetworks Realplayer 8.0 All win32 All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
SecurityTracker.com Archives - RealPlayer Enterprise Buffer Overflows in Processing .rm Files and Skin Files Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Helix Player Buffer Overflows in Processing .rm Files and Skin Files Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
'[EEYEB-20050510] - RealPlayer Data Packet Stack Overflow' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Customer Support - Real Security Updates af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 service.real.com Patch
Secunia - Advisories - Debian update for helix-player af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-915-1 helix-player af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
RealPlayer Data Packet Stack Overflow - CXSecurity.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securityreason.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
RealNetworks RealOne Player/RealPlayer RM File Remote Stack Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Secunia - Advisories - RealPlayer/RealOne/HelixPlayer "rm" and "rjs" File Handling Buffer Overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
SecurityTracker.com Archives - RealPlayer/RealOne Player Buffer Overflows in Processing .rm Files and Skin Files Lets Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
Secunia - Advisories - SUSE Updates for Multiple Packages af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Network Security, Vulnerability Assessment, Intrusion Prevention af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.eeye.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
RealNetworks RealOne Player/RealPlayer RM File Remote Stack Based Buffer Overflow Vulnerability MITRE www.securityfocus.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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