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.
CVE-2010-4294 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 5 products from vmware, from microsoft, from vmware and 2 others, organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.
Documented in 2010, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.
2010-12-06T21:05:49.373
2025-04-11T00:51:21.963
Deferred
CVSSv2: 9.3 (HIGH)
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
8.6
10.0
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version/Range | Vulnerable? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Application | vmware | movie_decoder | ≤ 6.5.5 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | movie_decoder | 6.5.3 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | movie_decoder | 6.5.4 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | movie_decoder | 7.0 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | movie_decoder | 7.1.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows | * | No |
| Application | vmware | workstation | 6.5.0 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | workstation | 6.5.1 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | workstation | 6.5.2 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | workstation | 6.5.3 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | workstation | 6.5.4 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | workstation | 6.5.5 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | workstation | 7.0 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | workstation | 7.0.1 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | workstation | 7.1 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | workstation | 7.1.1 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | workstation | 7.1.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows | * | No |
| Application | vmware | player | 2.5 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | player | 2.5.1 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | player | 2.5.2 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | player | 2.5.3 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | player | 2.5.4 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | player | 2.5.5 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | player | 3.0 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | player | 3.0.1 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | player | 3.1 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | player | 3.1.1 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | player | 3.1.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows | * | No |
| Application | vmware | server | 2.0.0 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | server | 2.0.1 | Yes |
| Application | vmware | server | 2.0.2 | Yes |
| Operating System | microsoft | windows | * | No |
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