THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2010-4294
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-2010-4294

Movie Decoder vulnerability

CVSS
9.3
EPSS
5.8%
EPSS pct
92th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Vmware
Affected product
Movie Decoder
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Weakness type (CWE)
Published
2010-12-06

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 5.8% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 92% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2010-4294

  • Confirm whether Vmware Movie Decoder is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2010-4294.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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