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Vulnerability record · CVE-2006-6847 · published 31 December 2006

CVE-2006-6847: Realnetworks realplayer vulnerability

RRealnetworks · Realplayer

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.

5.0 CVSS 2.0 Medium EPSS 6.3% · top 6.6%
5.0CVSS 2.0 base score
6.3%EPSS exploitation probability, 30 days
NoNot in CISA KEV
1Affected product versions listed by NVD
8References, 4 tagged exploit
16 Jun 2026Last modified by NVD

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.

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Affected products

1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.

References

LinkTags
http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/21802.html Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21802 Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31141
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3030
http://downloads.securityfocus.com/vulnerabilities/exploits/21802.html Exploit
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21802 Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/31141
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3030

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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2006-6847), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-27). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.