01 Record

CVE-2009-1564

Heap-based buffer overflow in 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

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: flexera

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 Description

Heap-based buffer overflow in 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

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 6.21% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 93.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: The NVD has published no score for this record
NVD CVSS vector: No NVD score to derive
NVD analysis status: Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
Red Hat severity: No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2010-04-12 18:00Z16 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-07 05:20Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2009-05-06

Assigning CNA

flexera

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-119Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory BufferClass

Data version

5.1

Document digest

fcf6cea94d12478e09769c28a443449859e4c0b1ce3aca1fe18af398eb5a54b1

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

microsoftwindowsNot specified—

vmwaremovie_decoderNot specified—

vmwareplayerNot specified—

vmwareserverNot specified—

vmwareworkstationNot specified—

06 References

secunia.com39206http://secunia.com/advisories/39206third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
osvdb.org63614http://osvdb.org/63614vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
lists.vmware.com[security-announce] 20100409 VMSA-2010-0007 VMware hosted products, vCenter Server and ESX patches resolve multiple security issueshttp://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000090.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
secunia.com36712http://secunia.com/advisories/36712third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
archives.neohapsis.com20100409 VMSA-2010-0007 VMware hosted products, vCenter Server and ESX patches resolve multiple security issueshttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2010-04/0077.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
labs.idefense.com20100409 VMware VMnc Codec Heap Overflow Vulnerabilityhttp://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=866third-party-advisoryx_refsource_IDEFENSE
www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0007.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
www.securityfocus.com39363http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/39363vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
www.securitytracker.com1023838http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1023838vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
secunia.com39215http://secunia.com/advisories/39215third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
secunia.comhttp://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-36/x_refsource_MISC
archives.neohapsis.com20100409 VMSA-2010-0007 VMware hosted products, vCenter Server and ESX patches resolve multiple security issueshttp://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2010-04/0121.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC