CVEvulnerability

CVE-2009-1565

9.3 HIGH Published 2010-04-12 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2010-04-12
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
9.3 HIGH — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weaknesses
CWE-119

Description

vmnc.dll in the VMnc media codec in VMware Movie Decoder before 6.5.4 Build 246459 on Windows, and the movie decoder in VMware Workstation 6.5.x before 6.5.4 build 246459, VMware Player 2.5.x before 2.5.4 build 246459, and VMware Server 2.x on Windows, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an AVI file with crafted HexTile-encoded video chunks that trigger heap-based buffer overflows, related to "integer truncation errors."

Affected configurations

• vmware movie decoder 6.5.3 • vmware workstation 6.5.0 • vmware workstation 6.5.1 • vmware workstation 6.5.2 • vmware workstation 6.5.3 • vmware player 2.5 • vmware player 2.5.1 • vmware player 2.5.2 • vmware player 2.5.3 • vmware server 2.0.0 • vmware server 2.0.1 • vmware server 2.0.2

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer weakness

References