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CVE-2009-0199
CVE information
Published
Last Modified
CVSSv2.0 Severity
Impact Analysis
Description
Heap-based buffer overflow in 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 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a video file with crafted dimensions (aka framebuffer parameters)..
CVSSv2.0 Score
- Severity
- High
- Base Score
- 9.3/10
- Exploit Score
- 8.6/10
- Access Vector
- Network
- Access Complexity
- Medium
- Authentication Required
- None
- Impact Score
- 10/10
- Confidentiality Impact
- Complete
- Availability Impact
- Complete
- Integrity Impact
- Complete
Products Affected
CPE | Affected | Vulnerable | Excluding | Edit |
---|---|---|---|---|
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:2.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:6.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:6.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:6.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:2.5.2_build_156735:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:movie_decoder:6.5.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:6.5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - | |
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:2.5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
Yes
|
- | - |
References
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0012.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34938
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000065.html
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-25/
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36290
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2553
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506286/100/0/threaded