CVE-2006-6759
A certain ActiveX control in rpau3260.dll in RealNetworks RealPlayer 10.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer crash) by invoking the RealPlayer.Initialize method with certain arguments.
Does this matter?
A public exploit is published in Exploit-DB (verified), so the technical barrier is gone even though the severity is medium and EPSS is 2.8%. Treat it as high on anything reachable from the internet.
Description
A certain ActiveX control in rpau3260.dll in RealNetworks RealPlayer 10.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Internet Explorer crash) by invoking the RealPlayer.Initialize method with certain arguments.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.84% probability · 87th percentile
- Public exploits
- 1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 20 December 2006
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- realnetworks/realplayer
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 2.8% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
Public exploits (1)
Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.
References
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21689Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/21689.htmlExploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31138
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2966
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21689Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/data/vulnerabilities/exploits/21689.htmlExploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31138
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/2966
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.