CVE-2010-4294

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-94 Code Injection

Publication date:

06/12/2010

Last modified:

11/04/2025

Description

The frame decompression functionality in the VMnc media codec in VMware Movie Decoder before 6.5.5 build 328052 and 7.x before 7.1.2 build 301548, VMware Workstation 6.5.x before 6.5.5 build 328052 and 7.x before 7.1.2 build 301548 on Windows, VMware Player 2.5.x before 2.5.5 build 246459 and 3.x before 3.1.2 build 301548 on Windows, and VMware Server 2.x on Windows does not properly validate an unspecified size field, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (heap memory corruption) via a crafted video file.

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 9.30 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0

9.30

Severity 2.0

HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:movie_decoder::::::::		6.5.5 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:movie_decoder:6.5.3:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:movie_decoder:6.5.4:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:movie_decoder:7.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:movie_decoder:7.1.2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows::::::::
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:6.5.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:6.5.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:6.5.2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:6.5.3:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:6.5.4:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:6.5.5:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:7.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:7.0.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:7.1:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:movie_decoder::::::::		6.5.5 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:movie_decoder:6.5.3:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:movie_decoder:6.5.4:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:movie_decoder:7.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:movie_decoder:7.1.2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows::::::::
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:6.5.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:6.5.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:6.5.2:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:6.5.3:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:6.5.4:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:6.5.5:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:7.0:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:7.0.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:7.1:::::::*

CVE-2010-4294

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools