CVE-2008-5911 describes multiple buffer overflow vulnerabilities in RealNetworks Helix Server and Helix Mobile Server versions 11.x and 12.x. These flaws allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service or execute arbitrary code through various crafted requests, including RTSP SETUP commands, NTLM authentication, RTSP DESCRIBE commands, or DataConvertBuffer requests. With a CVSS score of 10.0, this vulnerability is critical, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, leading to complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. Despite its high severity and EPSS score, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:realnetworks:helix_server:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:realnetworks:helix_server:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
11.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:realnetworks:helix_server_mobile:11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
12.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:realnetworks:helix_server_mobile:12.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub 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 records are not available for this CVE.