CVEvulnerability

CVE-2010-4294

9.3 HIGH Published 2010-12-06 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2010-12-06
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 frame decompression functionality in the VMnc media codec in VMware Movie Decoder before 6.5.5 build 328052 and 7.x before 7.1.2 build 301548, VMware Workstation 6.5.x before 6.5.5 build 328052 and 7.x before 7.1.2 build 301548 on Windows, VMware Player 2.5.x before 2.5.5 build 246459 and 3.x before 3.1.2 build 301548 on Windows, and VMware Server 2.x on Windows does not properly validate an unspecified size field, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via a crafted video file.

Affected configurations

• vmware movie decoder (<= 6.5.5) • vmware movie decoder 6.5.3 • vmware movie decoder 6.5.4 • vmware movie decoder 7.0 • vmware movie decoder 7.1.2 • vmware workstation 6.5.0 • vmware workstation 6.5.1 • vmware workstation 6.5.2 • vmware workstation 6.5.3 • vmware workstation 6.5.4 • vmware workstation 6.5.5 • vmware workstation 7.0 • vmware workstation 7.0.1 • vmware workstation 7.1 • vmware workstation 7.1.1 • vmware workstation 7.1.2 • vmware player 2.5 • vmware player 2.5.1 • vmware player 2.5.2 • vmware player 2.5.3 • vmware player 2.5.4 • vmware player 2.5.5 • vmware player 3.0 • vmware player 3.0.1 • vmware player 3.1 • vmware player 3.1.1 • vmware player 3.1.2 • vmware server 2.0.0 • vmware server 2.0.1 • vmware server 2.0.2

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code weakness

References