--- title: "CVE-2009-4635\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-4635?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2009-4635 Publication date 9 February 2010 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Low** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description FFmpeg 0.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted MOV container with improperly ordered tags that cause (1) mov.c and (2) utils.c to use inconsistent codec types and identifiers, leading to processing of a video-structure pointer by the mp3 decoder, and a stack-based buffer overflow. [Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-4635?format=md#notes) ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | ffmpeg | 10.10 maverick | Not affected | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected | | 9.10 karmic | Not affected | | 9.04 jaunty | Ignored end of life | | 8.10 intrepid | Ignored end of life, was needed | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life | | ffmpeg-debian | 10.10 maverick | Not in release | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release | | 9.10 karmic | Not in release | | 9.04 jaunty | Not affected | | 8.10 intrepid | Not affected | | 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release | | 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## Notes --- ### [kees](https://launchpad.net/~kees) stack-protected on Edgy and later, just a DoS --- ### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur) This is issue #22 The patch for this issue has not been commited by upstream into the 5.x branch. I could not reproduce the issue with 5.x and the google reproducer. The patch included in usn-931-1 caused a regression, so was removed in usn-931-2. ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-4635) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-4635) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-4635) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-4635) ### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN) + [USN-931-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-931-1) + FFmpeg vulnerabilities + 19 April 2010 ### Other references *