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…
- 9.3HighCVSS base score
- 5.8%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 6.8% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- NonePublic exploitsnone known yet
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 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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 18 days later
· 18 days later
Published
- 14 years later
· 14 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High9.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 5.8% · top 6.8% of all CVEs (10 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 9.3.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
8
- [security-announce] 20101202 VMSA-2010-0018 VMware hosted products and ESX patches resolve multiple security issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2010-0018.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- 45169 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 20101203 VMSA-2010-0018 VMware hosted products and ESX patches resolve multiple security issues (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 69596 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 1024819 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 42482 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- ADV-2010-3116 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_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)
- EUVD EUVD-2010-4267 (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)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2010-4294)Record last updated .