National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2010-4294

Overview

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

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2010-3116

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3116

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0018.html

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0018.html

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1024819

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024819

External Source: BID

Name: 45169

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45169

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20101203 VMSA-2010-0018 VMware hosted products and ESX patches resolve multiple security issues

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/514995/100/0/threaded

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 42482

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/42482

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 69596

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/69596

External Source: MLIST

Name: [security-announce] 20101202 VMSA-2010-0018 VMware hosted products and ESX patches resolve multiple security issues

Hyperlink:http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000112.html