CVE-2005-2710

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 13.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-09-27 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Format string vulnerability in Real HelixPlayer and RealPlayer 10 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via the (1) image handle or (2) timeformat attribute in a RealPix (.rp) or RealText (.rt) file.

Affected products

RealNetworks Helix Player: all versions
RealNetworks Realplayer: 10.0

References

http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=168078
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=112785544325326&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=112775929608219&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/16954
http://secunia.com/advisories/16961
http://secunia.com/advisories/16981
http://secunia.com/advisories/17116
http://secunia.com/advisories/17127
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/27
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/41
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-826
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200510-07.xml

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