Vulnerability Report

CVE-2012-5690

RCE

Title: Realnetworks Realplayer RCE

RCE

Proof Of Concept

No public PoC currently indexed for CVE-2012-5690.

CWE Category CWE-94

Published Date Dec 19, 2012

Modified Date Apr 29, 2026

Exploit Status Not Found

Score 9.3 CVSS v2.0

Exploit Probability (EPSS)

3.38%

Vulnerability Summary

CVE-2012-5690: RealNetworks RealPlayer before 16.0.0.282 and RealPlayer SP 1.0 through 1.1.5 allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a RealAudio file that triggers access to an invalid pointer.

Impacted Vendors

realnetworks 2

real 1

Reference Links

http://service.real.com/realplayer/security/12142012_player/en/ http://service.real.com/realplayer/security/12142012_player/en/

CVSS v2.0

Source Entity [email protected]

Severity HIGH

9.3

Access Vector

N/A

Authentication

N/A

RAW VECTOR AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Associated Attack Patterns (CAPEC)

Total: Patterns

CVE-2012-5690 Exploits & PoCs (Proof Of Concept)

No public PoCs found in our database for this CVE.

April 29, 2026 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data updated via NVD.

April 11, 2025 MODIFIED

Vulnerability data or affected products updated.

December 19, 2012 PUBLISHED

Vulnerability first announced in NVD.

Attack Vector Matrix

Access Vector N/A

Complexity N/A

Privileges N/A

Interaction NONE

CVSS Vector String


                                    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Affected Stack

No specific products linked.