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title: "CVE-2010-4705\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2010-4705

Publication date 22 January 2011

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

Integer overflow in the vorbis\_residue\_decode\_internal function in
libavcodec/vorbis\_dec.c in the Vorbis decoder in FFmpeg, possibly 0.6, has
unspecified impact and remote attack vectors, related to the sizes of
certain integer data types. NOTE: this might overlap CVE-2011-0480.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2010-4705?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 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |

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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-2010-4705?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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

0.5.x and 0.6.x don't have affected code

### 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 |
| --- | --- |
| ffmpeg | * Upstream:   <http://git.ffmpeg.org/?p=ffmpeg.git;a=commit;h=366d919016a679d3955f6fe5278fa7ce4f47b81e> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2010-4705)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2010-4705)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2010-4705)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2010-4705)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2010-4705>
