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CVE-2008-5911

28
FAUCET Score

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.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(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 Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

10.0HIGH

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

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

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
6.19%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
92.8%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0619 is in the 88th percentile among its peer group of 51,553 CVEs.

Social Chatter

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.

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

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

docs.real.com / docs/security/SecurityUpdate121508HS.pdf
Vendor Advisory
secunia.com / advisories/33360
Vendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
securitytracker.com / id
securitytracker.com / id
securitytracker.com / id
vupen.com / english/advisories/2008/3521