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title: "CVE-2009-2830\n    | Ubuntu"
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url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-2830?format=md
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# CVE-2009-2830

Publication date 10 November 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Multiple buffer overflows in Christos Zoulas file before 5.03 in Apple Mac
OS X 10.6.x before 10.6.2 allow user-assisted remote attackers to execute
arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a
crafted Common Document Format (CDF) file. NOTE: this might overlap
CVE-2009-1515.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| file | 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not affected |
| 8.10 intrepid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not affected |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2830)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2830)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-2830)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-2830)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2830>