CVE-2009-2628
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 9.3 (v2.0)
- Severity
- HIGH
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-94
- EPSS score
- 5.6% (93th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2009-2622)
- Published
- September 8, 2009
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2009-2622 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- vmware / ace
- vmware / ace
- vmware / ace
- vmware / movie decoder
- vmware / player
- vmware / player
- vmware / player
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
- vmware / workstation
References
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000065.html(Patch)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/34938(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/444513(US Government Resource)
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506286/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36290(Patch)
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0012.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2553(Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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