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…

Description

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 246459, VMware Player 2.5.x before 2.5.4 build 246459, and VMware Server 2.x on Windows, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via an AVI file with crafted HexTile-encoded video chunks that trigger heap-based buffer overflows, related to "integer truncation errors."

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

6.2% · top 6.5% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-119 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-119 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (11)

• 39206 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• [security-announce] 20100409 VMSA-2010-0007 VMware hosted products, vCenter Server and ESX patches resolve multiple security issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• 36712 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20100409 VMSA-2010-0007 VMware hosted products, vCenter Server and ESX patches resolve multiple security issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
• http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0007.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 63615 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
• http://secunia.com/secunia_research/2009-37/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 1023838 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
• 39364 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 39215 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• 20100409 VMSA-2010-0007 VMware hosted products, vCenter Server and ESX patches resolve multiple security issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISCx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

Badge for a README or a ticket

[![CVE-2009-1565](https://trackcve.app/badge/CVE-2009-1565.svg)](https://trackcve.app/cve/CVE-2009-1565)

Record last updated 7 Aug 2024, 05:20 UTC.