CVE-2005-1766 (GCVE-0-2005-1766)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2005-06-26 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 21:59
VLAI
Summary
Heap-based buffer overflow in rtffplin.cpp in RealPlayer 10.5 6.0.12.1056 on Windows, and 10, 10.0.1.436, and other versions before 10.0.5 on Linux, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a RealMedia file with a long RealText string, such as an SMIL file.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-517.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://www.debian.org/security/2005/dsa-826 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-523.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://secunia.com/advisories/16981 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://www.idefense.com/application/poi/display?i… third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
http://service.real.com/help/faq/security/050623_… x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2005-06-23 00:00
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