01 Record

CVE-2010-4294

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

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

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02 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

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: 5.84% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Equal to or higher than the score of 93.0% 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

2010-12-06 21:00Z15 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-07 03:43Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2010-11-18

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base

Data version

5.1

Document digest

6a1d07924fd6953736bfb21a225038a95d614480c2c9267f6bf1ae9716ce6027

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

microsoftwindowsNot specified—

vmwaremovie_decoderNot specified—

vmwareplayerNot specified—

vmwareserverNot specified—

vmwareworkstationNot specified—

06 References

lists.vmware.com[security-announce] 20101202 VMSA-2010-0018 VMware hosted products and ESX patches resolve multiple security issueshttp://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000112.htmlmailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
www.vmware.comhttp://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0018.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
www.securityfocus.com45169http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45169vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
www.securityfocus.com20101203 VMSA-2010-0018 VMware hosted products and ESX patches resolve multiple security issueshttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/514995/100/0/threadedmailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
osvdb.org69596http://osvdb.org/69596vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
www.securitytracker.com1024819http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024819vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
secunia.com42482http://secunia.com/advisories/42482third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
www.vupen.comADV-2010-3116http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3116vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN