Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 18, 2010· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2010-0416
CVE-2010-0416
Description
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 attackers 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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Affected products
2- cpe:2.3:a:realnetworks:helix_player:1.0.6:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:realnetworks:realplayer:*:*:linux:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
6- lists.helixcommunity.org/pipermail/common-cvs/2007-July/014956.htmlnvdExploit
- secunia.com/advisories/38450nvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2010-0094.htmlnvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
- helixcommunity.org/viewcvs/common/util/hxurl.cppnvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10847nvd
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