CVE-2009-0910

Exp

Heap-based buffer overflow in the VNnc Codec in VMware Workstation 6.5.x before 6.5.2 build 156735, VMware Player 2.5.x before 2.5.2 build 156735, VMware ACE 2.5.x before 2.5.2 build 156735, and VMware Server 2.0.x before 2.0.1 build 156745 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted web page or video file, aka ZDI-CAN-436.

Published: 2009-04-06 Last update: 2026-04-23 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]

Conclusion & alert: CVE-2009-0910 is rated High Exploit Risk (74.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with medium exploitation likelihood (EPSS 4.40%). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +1.59% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-2009-0910

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-2009-0910

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2025-05-05 2.81% 4.40% +1.59%
2 2025-03-30 2.02% 2.81% +0.79%
3 2025-03-29 2.02%

Full EPSS history (8 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-2009-0910

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
6.8 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:M)
Exploitation needs some favorable conditions, but not exceptional ones.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
8.6 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-2009-0910

OS Trackers for CVE-2009-0910

vendor priority summary link
gentoo high CVE-2009-0910: 1 GLSA(s) (201209-25), 3 atom(s) (app-emulation/vmware-player, app-emulation/vmware-server, app-emulation/vmware-workstation); latest impact high. https://bugs.gentoo.org/buglist.cgi?quicksearch=CVE-2009-0910

Affected software / configurations for CVE-2009-0910

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
vmware ace 2.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:ace:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware player 2.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:player:2.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware server 2.0 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:server:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
vmware workstation 6.5.1 cpe:2.3:a:vmware:workstation:6.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-2009-0910

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