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medium 5.0

CVE-2006-6759 json

A certain ActiveX control in rpau3260.dll in RealNetworks RealPlayer 10.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Ex…

published 2006-12-27 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-6742

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
2.8%
EPSS 2.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 86%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

A certain ActiveX control in rpau3260.dll in RealNetworks RealPlayer 10.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer crash) by invoking the RealPlayer.Initialize method with certain arguments.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-2966)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

2.84% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 86% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-2966 RealPlayer 10.5 - ActiveX Control Denial of Service dos, 2006-12-20
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/21689.html referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21689 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 5.0 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

References

Sources

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