CVE-2006-6847 describes a denial-of-service vulnerability in RealNetworks RealPlayer 10.5, specifically within the ierpplug.dll ActiveX control. An attacker could crash Internet Explorer 7 by providing an excessively long second argument to the RealPlayer.OpenURLInPlayerBrowser method. This vulnerability has a CVSS score of 5.0, indicating a medium severity, and allows for a denial of service (availability impact) with low attack complexity and no authentication required. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or Metasploit modules, an ExploitDB entry exists, and the vulnerability has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
10.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:realnetworks:realplayer:10.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.5_6.0.12.1016_betaCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:realnetworks:realplayer:10.5_6.0.12.1016_beta:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.5_6.0.12.1040CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:realnetworks:realplayer:10.5_6.0.12.1040:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.5_6.0.12.1053CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:realnetworks:realplayer:10.5_6.0.12.1053:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
10.5_6.0.12.1056CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:realnetworks:realplayer:10.5_6.0.12.1056:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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