CVE-2005-2922

N/A Unknown
Published: December 31, 2005 Modified: April 16, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19358
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19365
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015808
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/172489
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_18_realplayer.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-762.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-788.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17202
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit
http://www.service.real.com/realplayer/security/03162006_player/en/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1057
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25409
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11444
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/19358
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/19365
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015808
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/172489
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Third Party Advisory US Government Resource
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006_18_realplayer.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-762.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-788.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17202
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
http://www.service.real.com/realplayer/security/03162006_player/en/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1057
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/25409
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11444
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

24 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
4.4%
89th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-119

Affected Vendors

realnetworks

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