CVE-2003-0725

Exp

Buffer overflow in the RTSP protocol parser for the View Source plug-in (vsrcplin.so or vsrcplin3260.dll) for RealNetworks Helix Universal Server 9 and RealSystem Server 8, 7 and RealServer G2 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code.

Published: 2003-10-20 Last update: 2026-04-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-2003-0725 is rated High Exploit Risk (81.3/100): CVSS High severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 57.43%, 98th percentile). 2 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +2.01% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2003-0725

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
86 exploit_db edb 2003-08-25 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2003-0725

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-08-23 55.42% 57.43% +2.01%
2 2025-05-08 56.13% 55.42% -0.72%
3 2025-03-30 — 56.13% —

Full EPSS history (13 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2003-0725

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
7.5 2.0 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:L)
Exploitation conditions are straightforward and predictable.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 10.0 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2003-0725

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2003-0725

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
realnetworks helix_universal_server 8.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:realnetworks:helix_universal_server:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
realnetworks helix_universal_server 9.0 cpe:2.3:a:realnetworks:helix_universal_server:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
realnetworks helix_universal_server 9.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:realnetworks:helix_universal_server:9.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
realnetworks helix_universal_server 9.0.2.794 cpe:2.3:a:realnetworks:helix_universal_server:9.0.2.794:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
realnetworks realserver 7.0 cpe:2.3:a:realnetworks:realserver:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
realnetworks realserver 7.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:realnetworks:realserver:7.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
realnetworks realserver 7.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:realnetworks:realserver:7.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
realnetworks realserver 8.0 cpe:2.3:a:realnetworks:realserver:8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
realnetworks realserver 8.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:realnetworks:realserver:8.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
realnetworks realserver 8.0.2 cpe:2.3:a:realnetworks:realserver:8.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
realnetworks realserver 8.0_beta cpe:2.3:a:realnetworks:realserver:8.0_beta:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
realnetworks realserver g2_1.0 cpe:2.3:a:realnetworks:realserver:g2_1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2003-0725

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