CVE-2009-0909: VMware Ace

High severity, CVSS 9.3. EPSS: 4.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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-435.

Affected products

• VMware Ace: version 2.5.1 only
• VMware Player: version 2.5.1 only
• VMware Server: version 2.0 only
• VMware Workstation: version 6.5.1 only

Published 2009-04-06. Last modified 2026-06-16.