CVE-2010-4261

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    CVE-2010-4261

    Published: 7 Dec 2010Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/42426, http://secunia.com/advisories/42523, http://secunia.com/advisories/42555, http://secunia.com/advisories/42720, http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:249, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1031-1, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3135, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3137, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/3185, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=659861, https://wwws.clamav.net/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=2344, http://git.clamav.net/gitweb?p=clamav-devel.git%3Ba=blob_plain%3Bf=ChangeLog%3Bhb=master, http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011/Mar/msg00006.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/051905.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-December/052401.html, http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-12/msg00006.html, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/03/1, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/03/3, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2010/12/03/6, http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4581, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45152, http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024818, http://xorl.wordpress.com/2010/12/05/cve-2010-4261-clamav-icon_cb-off-by-one/

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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