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medium 5.0

CVE-2006-6847 json

An ActiveX control in ierpplug.dll for RealNetworks RealPlayer 10.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer…

published 2006-12-31 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2006-6830

cvss
5.0
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
6.4%
EPSS 6.4% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 93%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

An ActiveX control in ierpplug.dll for RealNetworks RealPlayer 10.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer 7 crash) by invoking the RealPlayer.OpenURLInPlayerBrowser method with a long second argument.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-3030)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

6.40% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 93% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-3030 RealPlayer 10.5 'ierpplug.dll' Internet Explorer 7 - Denial of Service dos, 2006-12-28
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21802 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified
  • downloads.securityfocus.com http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/21802.html 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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