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CVE-2005-2922

CRITICAL CVSS: 9.3 Published: 2005-12-31 Modified: 2026-06-16

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the embedded player in multiple RealNetworks products and versions including RealPlayer 10.x, RealOne Player, and Helix Player allows remote malicious servers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a chunked Transfer-Encoding HTTP response in which either (1) the chunk header length is specified as -1, (2) the chunk header with a length that is less than the actual amount of sent data, or (3) a missing chunk header.

Affected Platforms

Realnetworks RealplayerRealnetworks RhapsodyRealnetworks Realone PlayerRealnetworks Helix Player

Weakness Type

CWE-119

References