CVE-2005-0611: Realnetworks Helix Player

Medium severity, CVSS 5.1. EPSS: 3.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Heap-based buffer overflow in RealNetworks RealPlayer 10.5 (6.0.12.1056 and earlier), 10, 8, and RealOne Player V2 and V1, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via .WAV files.

Affected products

• Realnetworks Helix Player: any version
• Realnetworks Realone Player: version 1.0 only; version 2.0 only
• Realnetworks Realplayer: any version; version 8.0 only; version 10.0 only; version 10.5 only

Published 2005-05-02. Last modified 2026-06-16.