CVE-2009-0199

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 5.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2009-09-08 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in 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 might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a video file with crafted dimensions (aka framebuffer parameters).

Affected products

VMware Ace: 2.5.0, 2.5.1, 2.5.2
VMware Movie Decoder: 6.5.3
VMware Player: 2.5, 2.5.1, 2.5.2, 2.5.2_build_156735
VMware Workstation: 6.5, 6.5.0, 6.5.1, 6.5.2

References

http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000065.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/34938
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-25/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506286/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36290
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0012.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2553
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000065.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/34938
http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-25/
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/506286/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36290

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