CVE-2010-0416

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Summary

CVECVE-2010-0416
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2010-02-18 23:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionBuffer overflow in the Unescape function in common/util/hxurl.cpp and player/hxclientkit/src/CHXClientSink.cpp in Helix Player 1.0.6 and RealPlayer allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a URL argument containing a % (percent) character that is not followed by two hex digits.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-119 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Realnetworks Helix Player 1.0.6 All linux All
Application Realnetworks Realplayer All All linux All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat update for HelixPlayer - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[Common-cvs] util hxurl.cpp,1.24.4.1,1.24.4.1.4.1 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.helixcommunity.org Exploit
561856 – (CVE-2010-0416) CVE-2010-0416 HelixPlayer / RealPlayer: URL unescape buffer overflow af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
helixcommunity.org/viewcvs/common/util/hxurl.cpp af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 helixcommunity.org
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
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