CVE-2005-2629

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 12.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-11-18 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Integer overflow in RealNetworks RealPlayer 8, 10, and 10.5, RealOne Player 1 and 2, and Helix Player 10.0.0 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an .rm movie file with a large value in the length field of the first data packet, which leads to a stack-based buffer overflow, a different vulnerability than CVE-2004-1481.

Affected products

RealNetworks Helix Player: 1.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0.4, 1.0.5
RealNetworks Realone Player: 1.0, 2.0
RealNetworks Realplayer: 8.0, 10.0, 10.5, 10.5_6.0.12.1040, 10.5_6.0.12.1053, 10.5_6.0.12.1056 (+3)

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=113166476423021&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/17514/
http://secunia.com/advisories/17559
http://secunia.com/advisories/17860
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/169
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015184
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015185
http://securitytracker.com/id?1015186
http://service.real.com/help/faq/security/051110_player/EN/
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-915
http://www.eeye.com/html/research/advisories/AD20051110a.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/15381/

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