CVE-2009-0909

Severity: critical (CVSS 9.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 4.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-04-06 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-119

Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in the VNnc Codec in VMware Workstation 6.5.x before 6.5.2 build 156735, VMware Player 2.5.x before 2.5.2 build 156735, VMware ACE 2.5.x before 2.5.2 build 156735, and VMware Server 2.0.x before 2.0.1 build 156745 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web page or video file, aka ZDI-CAN-435.

Affected products

VMware Ace: 2.5.1
VMware Player: 2.5.1
VMware Server: 2.0
VMware Workstation: 6.5.1

References

http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000054.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Apr/0036.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34373
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021974
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0005.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0944
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6251
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000054.html
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2009/Apr/0036.html
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201209-25.xml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/34373

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