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TITLE:
VMware Products VMnc Codec Frame Decompression Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA42481

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RELEASE DATE:
2010-12-03

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DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in VMware Movie Decoder,
Workstation, and Player, which can be exploited by malicious people
to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to missing input sanitation within
the decoder frame decompression of the VMnc codec, which can be
exploited to cause a heap memory corruption by e.g. tricking a user
into opening a malicious website or playing a malicious file.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may allow execution of
arbitrary code.

Note: This only affects the Windows versions of VMware Workstation
and Player.

SOLUTION:
Update to a patched version.

Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Aaron Portnoy and Logan Brown, TippingPoint DVLabs

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
VMSA-2010-0018:
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2010/000112.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

DEEP LINKS:
Further details available in Customer Area:
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EXTENDED DESCRIPTION:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

EXTENDED SOLUTION:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

EXPLOIT:
Further details available in Customer Area:
http://secunia.com/products/corporate/EVM/

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