CVE-2006-6847

RealPlayer - Denial of Service via RealPlayer.OpenURLInPlayerBrowser Method

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Exploitation Summary

EIP tracks 1 public exploit for CVE-2006-6847. PoCs published by shinnai.

AI-analyzed exploit summary This exploit targets a denial of service vulnerability in RealPlayer 10.5 by passing excessively long strings to multiple methods in the ierpplug.dll ActiveX control. The PoC demonstrates crashes via GetComponentVersion, HandleAction, and DoAutoUpdateRequest methods.

Description

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.

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by shinnai · htmldoswindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3030

This exploit targets a denial of service vulnerability in RealPlayer 10.5 by passing excessively long strings to multiple methods in the ierpplug.dll ActiveX control. The PoC demonstrates crashes via GetComponentVersion, HandleAction, and DoAutoUpdateRequest methods.

Classification
Working Poc 90%
Attack Type
Dos
Complexity
Trivial
Reliability
Reliable
Target: RealPlayer 10.5
No auth needed
Prerequisites: Victim must have RealPlayer 10.5 installed and visit a malicious webpage
devstral-2 · analyzed Feb 16, 2026 Full analysis →

References (4)

Core 4
Core References
Exploit vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21802
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31141
Exploit, Third Party Advisory exploit x_refsource_exploit-db
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3030

Scores

EPSS 0.0604
EPSS Percentile 92.4%

Details

Status published
Products (8)
realnetworks/realplayer 10.5
realnetworks/realplayer 10.5_6.0.12.1016_beta
realnetworks/realplayer 10.5_6.0.12.1040
realnetworks/realplayer 10.5_6.0.12.1053
realnetworks/realplayer 10.5_6.0.12.1056
realnetworks/realplayer 10.5_6.0.12.1059
realnetworks/realplayer 10.5_6.0.12.1069
realnetworks/realplayer 10.5_6.0.12.1235
Published Dec 31, 2006
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026