CVE-2005-2922

Summary

CVECVE-2005-2922
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionHeap-based buffer overflow in the embedded player in multiple RealNetworks products and versions including RealPlayer 10.x, RealOne Player, and Helix Player allows remote malicious servers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a chunked Transfer-Encoding HTTP response in which either (1) the chunk header length is specified as -1, (2) the chunk header with a length that is less than the actual amount of sent data, or (3) a missing chunk header.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 9.3 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Realnetworks Helix Player 10.0 All linux All
Application Realnetworks Helix Player 10.0.1 All linux All
Application Realnetworks Helix Player 10.0.2 All linux All
Application Realnetworks Helix Player 10.0.3 All linux All
Application Realnetworks Helix Player 10.0.4 All linux All
Application Realnetworks Helix Player 10.0.5 All linux All
Application Realnetworks Helix Player 10.0.6 All linux All
Application Realnetworks Realone Player All All All All
Application Realnetworks Realone Player 0.288 All mac_os_x All
Application Realnetworks Realone Player 0.297 All mac_os_x 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 10.0.0.305 All mac_os All
Application Realnetworks Realplayer 10.0.0.331 All mac_os All
Application Realnetworks Realplayer 10.0.1 All linux All
Application Realnetworks Realplayer 10.0.2 All linux All
Application Realnetworks Realplayer 10.0.3 All linux All
Application Realnetworks Realplayer 10.0.4 All linux All
Application Realnetworks Realplayer 10.0.5 All linux All
Application Realnetworks Realplayer 10.0.6 All linux 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
Application Realnetworks Rhapsody 3.0 All All All
Application Realnetworks Rhapsody 3.0_build_0.815 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
About Secunia Research | Flexera af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
SUSE update for RealPlayer - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Vendor Advisory
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#172489 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org Patch, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
RealNetworks Multiple Products Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.service.real.com Patch
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
SecurityTracker.com Archives - RealPlayer Heap Overflow in Embedded Player May Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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