CVE-2005-2052 — Heap-based buffer overflow in vidplin.dll in RealPlayer 10 and 10.5 (6.0.12.1040 through 1069), RealOne Player v1 and v2, RealPlayer 8 and RealPlayer Enterprise allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an .avi file with a modified strf structure value

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Heap-based buffer overflow in vidplin.dll in RealPlayer 10 and 10.5 (6.0.12.1040 through 1069), RealOne Player v1 and v2, RealPlayer 8 and RealPlayer Enterprise allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an .avi file with a modified strf structure value

Published Jun 26, 2005

5.1

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 2.19%

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in vidplin.dll in RealPlayer 10 and 10.5 (6.0.12.1040 through 1069), RealOne Player v1 and v2, RealPlayer 8 and RealPlayer Enterprise allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an .avi file with a modified strf structure value.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

2.19% 0.02188

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.02188

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	2.19% (0.02188)	81.76th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	2.19% (0.02188)	80.00th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	2.73% (0.02726)	84.97th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 17, 2024	15.71% (0.15710)	95.89th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 2, 2024	39.20% (0.39198)	97.25th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
May 17, 2023	42.83% (0.42833)	96.78th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	46.64% (0.46640)	96.82th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	3.90% (0.03900)	85.65th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	3.90% (0.03900)	84.18th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	3.90% (0.03900)	67.45th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111955853611840&w=2
mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://service.real.com/help/faq/security/050623_player/EN/
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory

Link	Providers	Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=111955853611840&w=2		mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://service.real.com/help/faq/security/050623_player/EN/		x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Jun 26, 2005

Updated Aug 7, 2024

Reserved Jun 26, 2005

Link CVE-2005-2052

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2005-2052

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2005-2052