security flaw
Published Mar 23, 2006
9.3
HIGHCVSS 2.0
EPSS 5.78%
Description
Heap-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.
Affected products
No data.
- 10.0
- 10.0.1
- 10.0.2
- 10.0.3
- 10.0.4
- 10.0.5
- 10.0.6
- n/a
- 0.288
- 0.297
- 1.0
- 2.0
- n/a
- 8.0
- 10.0
- 10.0.0.305
- 10.0.0.331
- 10.0.1
- 10.0.2
- 10.0.3
- 10.0.4
- 10.0.5
- 10.0.6
- 10.5
- 10.5_6.0.12.1040
- 10.5_6.0.12.1053
- 10.5_6.0.12.1056
- 10.5_6.0.12.1059
- 10.5_6.0.12.1069
- 10.5_6.0.12.1235
- 3.0
- 3.0_build_0.815
No data.
Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2005:762
Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras
n/a
Fixed · RHSA-2005:762
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
HelixPlayer-1:1.0.6-0.EL4.1
Fixed · RHSA-2005:788
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2005:762 |
| Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras | n/a | Fixed | RHSA-2005:762 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | HelixPlayer-1:1.0.6-0.EL4.1 | Fixed | RHSA-2005:788 |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
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 | 5.78% (0.05783) | 92.87th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 5.78% (0.05783) | 92.10th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 4.36% (0.04359) | 87.89th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 5.58% (0.05579) | 83.43th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 4.36% (0.04359) | 88.19th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.39% (0.02392) | 90.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 2.39% (0.02392) | 88.16th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.65% (0.02646) | 82.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.65% (0.02646) | 80.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.65% (0.02646) | 61.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (16)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19358 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/19365 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAPatchVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1015808 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/172489 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNPatchThird Party AdvisoryUS Government Resource
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_18_realplayer.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-762.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-788.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATPatchVendor Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17202 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
- http://www.service.real.com/realplayer/security/03162006_player/en/ x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1057 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2005-2922 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1617766 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25409 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2922
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11444 vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2005-2922
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.