CVEvulnerability

CVE-2009-2628

9.3 HIGH Published 2009-09-08 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2009-09-08
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-94

Description

The VMnc media codec in vmnc.dll in VMware Movie Decoder before 6.5.3 build 185404, VMware Workstation 6.5.x before 6.5.3 build 185404, VMware Player 2.5.x before 2.5.3 build 185404, and VMware ACE 2.5.x before 2.5.3 build 185404 on Windows does not properly handle certain small heights in video content, which might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted AVI file that triggers heap memory corruption.

Affected configurations

• vmware ace 2.5.0 • vmware ace 2.5.1 • vmware ace 2.5.2 • vmware movie decoder 6.5.3 • vmware player 2.5 • vmware player 2.5.1 • vmware player 2.5.2 • vmware workstation 6.5 • vmware workstation 6.5.0 • vmware workstation 6.5.1 • vmware workstation 6.5.2

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code weakness

References