CVE-2010-4294

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.

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3116

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0018.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024819

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45169

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514995/100/0/threaded

http://secunia.com/advisories/42482

http://osvdb.org/69596

http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000112.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3