CVE-2006-6026
HIGH · CVSS 10.0EPSS 11.3%EU EUVD
Heap-based buffer overflow in Real Networks Helix Server and Helix Mobile Server before 11.1.3, and Helix DNA Server 11.0 and 11.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) or execute arbitrary code via a DESCRIBE request that contains an invalid LoadTestPassword field.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 10.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-119
- EPSS score
- 11.3% (96th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-6009)
- Published
- November 21, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-6009 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- realnetworks / helix dna server
- realnetworks / helix dna server
- realnetworks / helix mobile server
- realnetworks / helix server
- realnetworks / helix server
- realnetworks / helix server
References
- http://docs.real.com/docs/security/SecurityUpdate032107Server.pdf
- http://gleg.net/helix.txt
- http://lists.helixcommunity.org/pipermail/server-cvs/2007-January/003783.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22944(Vendor Advisory)
- http://web.archive.org/web/20060502082622/www.gleg.net/vulndisco_pack_professional.shtml
- http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-March/001459.html
- http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-March/001468.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/463333/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21141
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/23068
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1056(Vendor Advisory)
- https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/3531
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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