Player vulnerabilitiesRanked by how likely they are to be used.

Product62 versions
The short answer

Player is made by VMware. We track 89 published vulnerabilities in it, across 62 versions. None of them is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. If you run Player, keep it on a version the vendor still supports.

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Known exploited

Which Player vulnerabilities are being exploited?

This is the list that matters most: flaws criminals are using now.

None of Player's published vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today. We keep watching that list.

Exploit likelihood

Which Player flaws are most likely to be used?

Ranked by the latest exploit-likelihood forecast: the chance each flaw is used in an attack in the next 30 days. A high severity score on its own doesn't tell you that. Flaws shared by many other makers' products are left out.

50% or more10% to 49%Under 10%
  1. 48%

    Format string vulnerability in VMware OVF Tool 2.1 on Windows, as used in VMware Workstation 8.x before 8.0.5, VMware Player 4.x before 4.0.5, and other products, allows user-assisted remote attackers to execute...

    CVSS9.3Published14 Nov 2012
  2. 43%

    Buffer overflow in pngpread.c in libpng before 1.2.44 and 1.4.x before 1.4.3, as used in progressive applications, might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a PNG image that triggers an additional...

    CVSS9.8Published30 Jun 2010
  3. 24%

    Buffer overflow in a certain ActiveX control in the COM API in VMware Workstation 5.5.x before 5.5.8 build 108000, VMware Workstation 6.0.x before 6.0.5 build 109488, VMware Player 1.x before 1.0.8 build 108000,...

    CVSS10.0Published3 Sep 2008
  4. 16%

    Format string vulnerability in vmware-vmrc.exe build 158248 in VMware Remote Console (aka VMrc) allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

    CVSS10.0Published12 Apr 2010
  5. 11%

    VMware Authentication Daemon 1.0 in vmware-authd.exe in the VMware Authorization Service in VMware Workstation 7.0 before 7.0.1 build 227600 and 6.5.x before 6.5.4 build 246459, VMware Player 3.0 before 3.0.1 build...

    CVSS5.0Published16 Oct 2009
  6. 6.2%

    vmnc.dll in the VMnc media codec in VMware Movie Decoder before 6.5.4 Build 246459 on Windows, and the movie decoder in VMware Workstation 6.5.x before 6.5.4 build 246459, VMware Player 2.5.x before 2.5.4 build...

    CVSS9.3Published12 Apr 2010
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We track 89 published vulnerabilities listed under the name Player, across 62 versions.

None of Player's vulnerabilities is on the list of flaws known to be exploited today.

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