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title: "CVE-2010-3434\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2010-3434

Publication date 30 September 2010

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

Buffer overflow in the find\_stream\_bounds function in pdf.c in libclamav in
ClamAV before 0.96.3 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service
(application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted PDF
document. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party
information.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-3434?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| clamav | 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 9.04 jaunty | 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)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-3434?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

pdf library in clamav < 0.96.2 is completely different and
doesn't seem affected by the reproducer.

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| clamav | * Upstream:   <http://git.clamav.net/gitweb?p=clamav-devel.git;a=commit;h=dc5143b4669ae39c79c9af50d569c28c798f33da> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-3434)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-3434)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2010-3434)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-3434)

### Other references

* <http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/09/22/1>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-3434>