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CVE-2005-0755

16
FAUCET Score

CVE-2005-0755 describes a heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in RealPlayer 10 and earlier, Helix Player before 10.0.4, and RealOne Player v1 and v2. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code by supplying a long hostname within a RAM file. With a CVSS score of 5.1, this vulnerability has a network attack vector and high attack complexity, potentially leading to partial compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in Metasploit or ExploitDB, nor significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this older CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 10.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:realnetworks:helix_player:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:realnetworks:realone_player:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:realnetworks:realone_player:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:realnetworks:realplayer:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:realnetworks:realplayer:8.0:*:*:*:*:mac_os_x:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

5.1MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
4.9
Impact Score
6.4
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
3.37%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
87.5%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0337 is in the 82nd percentile among its peer group of 19,958 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (3)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4Fixed in: HelixPlayer-1:1.0.4-1.1.EL4.2
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2005-0755Critical

security flaw

Apr 19, 2005

References

marc.info
Third Party Advisory
pb.specialised.info / all/adv/real-ram-adv.txt
Third Party Advisory
service.real.com / help/faq/security/050419_player/EN
Third Party Advisory
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11205
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / archives/fedora-announce-list/2005-April/msg00040.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-363.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-392.html
Third Party Advisory
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2005-394.html
Third Party Advisory