CVE-2009-1565 - CVE House
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Status published Critical CVE-2009-1565

vmnc.dll in the VMnc media codec in VMware Movie Decoder...

Vulnerability Description

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."

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

movie decoder, workstation, player, server
Vulnerable Versions:
6.5.3, 6.5.0, 6.5.1, 6.5.2, 2.5, 2.5.1, 2.5.2, 2.5.3, 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2

Timeline

Official Publish: April 12th, 2010
Last Modified: August 7th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.