CVE-2009-1564

critical VMware
CVSS v3 Base Score
9.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS Score
17.2%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 5% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
M
Confidentiality
C
Integrity
C
Availability
C
Published: April 12, 2010 (5876 days ago)
Last Modified: April 29, 2026
Vendor: VMware
Source: NVD

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in vmnc.dll in the VMnc media codec in VMware Movie Decoder before 6.5.4 Build 246459 on Windows, and the movie decoder in VMware Workstation 6.5.x before 6.5.4 build 246459, VMware Player 2.5.x before 2.5.4 build 246459, and VMware Server 2.x on Windows, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an AVI file with crafted video chunks that use HexTile encoding.

CWE

CWE-119

Affected Products

vmware movie decodervmware workstationvmware playervmware server

References

🔗 archives.neohapsis.com 🔗 archives.neohapsis.com 🔗 labs.idefense.com 🔗 lists.vmware.com 🔗 osvdb.org