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    CVE-2005-2710

    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.

    Published:Sep 26, 2005
    Last Modified:Apr 16, 2026
    EPS:Sep 27, 2005
    EPSS Score:0.53626
    CVSS Score:5.1

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Realnetworks
    Product
    Helix Player
    Vendor
    Realnetworks
    Product
    Realplayer
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Extras

    Exploits

    https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/1232

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

    Related CVEs

    CVE-2009-4246 (CVSS 9.3) — Stack-based buffer overflow in RealNetworks RealPlayer 10, RealPlayer 10.5 6.0.12.1040 through 6.0.12.1741, Re…
    CVE-2009-4244 (CVSS 9.3) — Heap-based buffer overflow in RealNetworks RealPlayer 10; RealPlayer 10.5 6.0.12.1040 through 6.0.12.1741; Rea…
    CVE-2009-4241 (CVSS 9.3) — Heap-based buffer overflow in RealNetworks RealPlayer 10, RealPlayer 10.5 6.0.12.1040 through 6.0.12.1741, Rea…
    CVE-2010-0416 (CVSS 7.5) — Buffer overflow in the Unescape function in common/util/hxurl.cpp and player/hxclientkit/src/CHXClientSink.cpp…
    CVE-2009-4247 (CVSS 9.3) — Stack-based buffer overflow in protocol/rtsp/rtspclnt.cpp in RealNetworks RealPlayer 10; RealPlayer 10.5 6.0.1…
    CVE-2009-4257 (CVSS 9.3) — Heap-based buffer overflow in datatype/smil/common/smlpkt.cpp in smlrender.dll in RealNetworks RealPlayer 10, …
    CVE-2009-4242 (CVSS 9.3) — Heap-based buffer overflow in the CGIFCodec::GetPacketBuffer function in datatype/image/gif/common/gifcodec.cp…
    CVE-2009-4245 (CVSS 9.3) — Heap-based buffer overflow in RealNetworks RealPlayer 10, RealPlayer 10.5 6.0.12.1040 through 6.0.12.1741, Rea…
    CVE-2009-4243 (CVSS 9.3) — RealNetworks RealPlayer 10, RealPlayer 10.5 6.0.12.1040 through 6.0.12.1741, RealPlayer 11 11.0.0 through 11.0…
    CVE-2009-4248 (CVSS 9.3) — Buffer overflow in the RTSPProtocol::HandleSetParameterRequest function in client/core/rtspprotocol.cpp in Rea…

    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
    http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=311&type=vulnerabilities
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/361181
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_59_RealPlayer.html
    http://www.open-security.org/advisories/13
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-762.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-788.html
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11015
    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
    http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?id=311&type=vulnerabilities
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/361181
    http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_59_RealPlayer.html
    http://www.open-security.org/advisories/13
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-762.html
    http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-788.html
    https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11015

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High