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VMware Player: Vulnerability (VMSA-2009-0012) (CVE-2009-2628)

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VMware Player: Vulnerability (VMSA-2009-0012) (CVE-2009-2628)

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
09/08/2009
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/30/2013
Modified
02/13/2015

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.

Solution(s)

  • vmware-player-upgrade-2_5_3

References

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