CVE-2005-2922

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.

• CWE-119

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

Published

Dec 31, 2005

Last Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Status

Modified