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title: "CVE-2013-4265\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-4265

Publication date 23 November 2013

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

The av\_reallocp\_array function in libavutil/mem.c in FFmpeg before 2.0.1
has an unspecified impact and remote vectors related to a "wrong return
code" and a resultant NULL pointer dereference.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4265?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ffmpeg | 13.04 raring | Not in release |
| 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| ffmpeg-extra | 13.04 raring | Not in release |
| 12.10 quantal | Not in release |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |
| libav | 13.04 raring | Not affected |
| 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| libav-extra | 13.04 raring | Not affected |
| 12.10 quantal | Not affected |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |

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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)

## Notes

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

ffmpeg-extra in multiverse needs to have matching version
libav-extra is built with tarball produced by libav package

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### [seth-arnold](https://launchpad.net/~seth-arnold)

I didn't locate the vulnerable code in our sources

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4265)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4265)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-4265)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4265)

### Other references

* <https://github.com/FFmpeg/FFmpeg/commit/c94f9e854228e0ea00e1de8769d8d3f7cab84a55>
* <http://marc.info/?l=oss-security&m=137711499730091&w=2>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4265>