CVE-2003-0141

No known exploitation. EPSS puts it in the 87th percentile. A vendor fix is available.

CVSS 2.05.1Medium EPSS percentile87th3.0% chance in 30 days CISA KEVNot listedNo confirmed exploitation
No public exploit known FixVendor fixNo build named by the sources

Published 2003-03-29Updated 2026-04-16Sources: CVE.org, NVD

NVD CVE.org

What to do

The vendor has published a fix. Version details are below where the sources state them.

What it is

From the CVE record

The PNG deflate algorithm in RealOne Player 6.0.11.x and earlier, RealPlayer 8/RealPlayer Plus 8 6.0.9.584, and other versions allows remote attackers to corrupt the heap and overwrite arbitrary memory via a PNG graphic file format containing compressed data using fixed trees that contain the length values 286-287, which are treated as a very large length.

In plain language

No plain-language summary for this CVE yet.

Exploitation

Where each signal puts this CVE on the scale from published to confirmed exploited.

EPSS87th

CISA KEV

Not in the catalog. CISA has not confirmed exploitation.

Public exploits

No public exploit or proof of concept found in the sources we track.

EPSS

3.0% chance of exploitation activity in the next 30 days, which ranks it in the 87th percentile of scored CVEs.

Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST.org. A probability, not a confirmation.

Lifecycle

4 events over 8419 days, from the signal feeds we watch.

2026-04-16Patch availablerecord updated
2003-03-29Publishedweakness classified

Affected products

realnetworkscommercial · USaka realplayer, realone player
- realone enterprise desktopDesktop AppOn-premConsumer Software
- realone playerDesktop AppOn-premConsumer Software / media-player
- realplayerDesktop AppOn-premConsumer Software / media-player

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Technical detail

CVSS 2.0 vector

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

Scored 5.1 by NVD.

How it is reached

Access Vector NetworkExploitable remotely over the network
Access Complexity HighSpecialized conditions required
Authentication NoneNo authentication required

Impact if exploited

Confidentiality PartialSome information is disclosed
Integrity PartialSome data can be modified
Availability PartialReduced performance or service disruption

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-OtherNo name in the record

Sources

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