CVE-2009-2628: Code Injection
First published: Tue Sep 08 2009(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cret@cert.org
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| VMware ACE | =2.5.2 | |
| VMware ACE | =2.5.1 | |
| VMware Player | =2.5.1 | |
| VMware Player | =2.5.2 | |
| VMware Workstation | =6.5.1 | |
| VMware Workstation | =6.5.0 | |
| VMware Workstation | =6.5 | |
| VMware Player | =2.5 | |
| VMware Movie Decoder | =6.5.3 | |
| VMware Workstation | =6.5.2 | |
| VMware ACE | =2.5.0 |
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Reference Links
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/444513
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36290
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34938
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2553
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000065.html
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0012.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506286/100/0/threaded
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- collector/nvd-index
- agent/severity
- agent/references
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- agent/weakness
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- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/first-publish-date
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- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- vendor/vmware
- canonical/vmware ace
- version/vmware ace/2.5.2
- version/vmware ace/2.5.1
- canonical/vmware player
- version/vmware player/2.5.1
- version/vmware player/2.5.2
- canonical/vmware workstation
- version/vmware workstation/6.5.1
- version/vmware workstation/6.5.0
- version/vmware workstation/6.5
- version/vmware player/2.5
- canonical/vmware movie decoder
- version/vmware movie decoder/6.5.3
- version/vmware workstation/6.5.2
- version/vmware ace/2.5.0