CVE-2009-1565: Buffer Overflow
First published: Mon Apr 12 2010(Updated: )
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 HexTile-encoded video chunks that trigger heap-based buffer overflows, related to "integer truncation errors."
Credit: PSIRT-CNA@flexerasoftware.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| VMware Workstation | =6.5.1 | |
| VMware Workstation | =6.5.0 | |
| VMware Workstation | =6.5.2 | |
| VMware Workstation | =6.5.3 | |
| VMware Player | =2.5.1 | |
| VMware Player | =2.5.2 | |
| VMware Player | =2.5 | |
| VMware Player | =2.5.3 | |
| VMware Movie Decoder | =6.5.3 | |
| Microsoft Windows | ||
| VMware Server | =2.0.0 | |
| VMware Server | =2.0.1 | |
| VMware Server | =2.0.2 |
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Reference Links
- http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-37/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39206
- http://secunia.com/advisories/36712
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000090.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-04/0121.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/39215
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0007.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2010-04/0077.html
- http://www.osvdb.org/63615
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39364
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023838
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- collector/nvd-historical
- collector/nvd-index
- vendor/vmware
- canonical/vmware workstation
- version/vmware workstation/6.5.1
- version/vmware workstation/6.5.0
- version/vmware workstation/6.5.2
- version/vmware workstation/6.5.3
- canonical/vmware player
- version/vmware player/2.5.1
- version/vmware player/2.5.2
- version/vmware player/2.5
- version/vmware player/2.5.3
- canonical/vmware movie decoder
- version/vmware movie decoder/6.5.3
- vendor/microsoft
- canonical/microsoft windows
- canonical/vmware server
- version/vmware server/2.0.0
- version/vmware server/2.0.1
- version/vmware server/2.0.2