Heap Memory Corruption in VMware Movie Decoder and Workstation
CVE-2009-2628

Currently unrated

Key Information:

Vendor
Vmware
Status
Ace
Player
Workstation
Movie Decoder
Vendor
CVE Published:
8 September 2009

Summary

The VMware Movie Decoder's handling of small heights in video content within AVI files can be exploited by remote attackers. This exploitation can lead to arbitrary code execution through heap memory corruption when users process specially crafted video files.

References

http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/...
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http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36290
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http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506286/100/0/threaded
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EPSS Score

11% chance of being exploited in the next 30 days.

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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