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Fencer Vulns
critical 9.3

CVE-2006-0323 in the critical feed json

Buffer overflow in swfformat.dll in multiple RealNetworks products and versions including RealPlayer 10.x, RealOne Player, Rhapsody 3, and…

published 2006-03-23 20 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-0330

cvss
9.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
16.7%
EPSS 16.7% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
2
Exploit-DB

Summary

Buffer overflow in swfformat.dll in multiple RealNetworks products and versions including RealPlayer 10.x, RealOne Player, Rhapsody 3, and Helix Player allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted SWF (Flash) file with (1) a size value that is less than the actual size, or (2) other unspecified manipulations.

Patch / fix

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2006-0323 updated

security flaw

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2006:0257

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-27460)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

16.74% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-27460 RealNetworks (Multiple Products) - Multiple Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities dos, 2006-03-23
  • EDB-1622 RealPlayer 10.5 (6.0.12.1040-1348) - SWF Buffer Overflow (PoC) dos, 2006-03-28
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17202 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 9.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer

References

Sources

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