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CVE-2007-5081

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2007-5081 describes a critical heap-based buffer overflow vulnerability in RealNetworks RealPlayer versions 8, 10, 10.1, and potentially 10.5, as well as RealOne Player 1 and 2, and RealPlayer Enterprise. This flaw allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected systems by enticing a user to open a specially crafted RealMedia (RM) file. With a CVSS score of 9.3, this vulnerability is highly severe, indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity that can lead to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity, there is no evidence of active exploitation (not in KEV), no public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), and minimal community discussion or media coverage.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:realnetworks:realone_player:*:*:mac:en:*:*:*:*
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:realnetworks:realone_player:1.0:*:windows:en:*:*:*:*
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:realnetworks:realone_player:2.0:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*
8.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:realnetworks:realplayer:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:realnetworks:realplayer:10.0:*:windows:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

9.3HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
COMPLETE
Integrity Impact
COMPLETE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
10.0
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
5.39%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
91.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0539 is in the 61st percentile among its peer group of 8,920 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (2)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 3Fixed in: realplayer-0:10.0.9-0.rhel3.4
View patch
redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: RealPlayer-0:10.0.9-3.el5
View patch

Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2007-5081Critical

realplayer rm file heap overflow

Oct 25, 2007

References

osvdb.org / 38340
secunia.com / advisories/27361
PatchVendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
service.real.com / realplayer/security/10252007_player/en
Patch
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/37435
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11625
attrition.org / pipermail/vim/2007-October/001841.html
securityfocus.com / bid/26214
vupen.com / english/advisories/2007/3628
Vendor Advisory