CVE-2010-0417 describes a buffer overflow vulnerability in Helix Player 1.0.6 and RealPlayer, specifically within the common/util/rlstate.cpp component. This flaw allows remote attackers to trigger a denial of service (application crash) or potentially execute arbitrary code by supplying a malformed RuleBook structure containing an excessive number of rule-separator characters, leading to heap memory corruption. With a CVSS score of 5.0 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P), the vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring no authentication and having low attack complexity, but primarily resulting in availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
1.0.6CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:realnetworks:helix_player:1.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:realnetworks:realplayer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
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