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title: "CVE-2010-4261\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2010-4261

Publication date 7 December 2010

Last updated 4 August 2025

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

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

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## Description

Off-by-one error in the icon\_cb function in pe\_icons.c in libclamav in
ClamAV before 0.96.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service
(memory corruption and application crash) or possibly execute arbitrary
code via unspecified vectors. NOTE: some of these details are obtained
from third party information.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-4261?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| clamav | 10.10 maverick | Fixed 0.96.3+dfsg-2ubuntu1.2 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 0.96.3+dfsg-2ubuntu1.0.10.04.2 |
| 9.10 karmic | 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-2010-4261?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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

pe\_icons.c was introduced in 0.96

### 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 | * Debdiff:   <https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/clamav/+bug/673654> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4261)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4261)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2010-4261)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4261)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1031-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1031-1)
+ ClamAV vulnerabilities
+ 10 December 2010

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-4261>