CVE-2009-2628

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.

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2553

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0012.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36290

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506286/100/0/threaded

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/444513

http://secunia.com/advisories/34938

http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000065.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3