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CVE-2009-2628

N/A

Published: September 8, 2009 at 10:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:09 PM UTC

4 products affected across 1 vendorWorkstationPlayerAce

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 6%

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.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

95%

2.5.0 2.5.1 2.5.2

Movie Decoder · VMware

95%

Player · VMware

95%

2.5 2.5.1 2.5.2

Workstation · VMware

95%

6.5 6.5.0 6.5.1 6.5.2

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (7)

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatch

Source: [email protected]

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

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://secunia.com/advisories/34938

Third Party Advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource

Source: [email protected]

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

Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ

Source: [email protected]

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

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDPatch

Source: [email protected]

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

x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

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

VDB Entryx_refsource_VUPENVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

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

CVSS

9.3HIGH[email protected]

Confidentiality: COMPLETE
Integrity: COMPLETE
Availability: COMPLETE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-94

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