7.5
CVSSv2

CVE-2010-0416

Published: 18/02/2010 Updated: 19/09/2017
CVSS v2 Base Score: 7.5 | Impact Score: 6.4 | Exploitability Score: 10
VMScore: 755
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Vulnerability Summary

Buffer overflow in the Unescape function in common/util/hxurl.cpp and player/hxclientkit/src/CHXClientSink.cpp in Helix Player 1.0.6 and RealPlayer allows remote malicious users to cause a denial of service (application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a URL argument containing a % (percent) character that is not followed by two hex digits.

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realnetworks helix player 1.0.6

Vendor Advisories

Synopsis Critical: HelixPlayer security update Type/Severity Security Advisory: Critical Topic An updated HelixPlayer package that fixes several security issues is nowavailable for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the RedHat Security Response Team ...

Exploits

source: wwwsecurityfocuscom/bid/38161/info Helix Player is prone to a buffer-overflow vulnerability because it fails to perform adequate boundary checks on user-supplied input Successful exploits may allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code in the context of the application Failed exploit attempts will cause denial-of-service c ...