CVE-2005-2922: realnetworks helix_player

Vulnerability summary

CVE-2005-2922 is a high (CVSS 9.3) vulnerability in realnetworks helix_player. EPSS estimates a 5.78% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93.1% of scored vulnerabilities. 1 public exploit is recorded.

Timeline

1. 23-03-2006
   PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
2. 07-08-2024
   Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.

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.

• CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferThe product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it reads from or writes to a memory location outside the buffer's intended boundary.