CVE-2005-1766

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2005-06-28 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in rtffplin.cpp in RealPlayer 10.5 6.0.12.1056 on Windows, and 10, 10.0.1.436, and other versions before 10.0.5 on Linux, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a RealMedia file with a long RealText string, such as an SMIL file.

Affected products

RealNetworks Realplayer: through 10.0.5

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/16981
http://service.real.com/help/faq/security/050623_player/EN/
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-826
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=250&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=true
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_37_real_player.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-517.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-523.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9509
http://secunia.com/advisories/16981
http://service.real.com/help/faq/security/050623_player/EN/
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-826
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=250&type=vulnerabilities&flashstatus=true

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