CVE-2010-4203

Publication date 5 November 2010

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8 · Critical

Score breakdown

Description

WebM libvpx (aka the VP8 Codec SDK) before 0.9.5, as used in Google Chrome before 7.0.517.44, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly execute arbitrary code via invalid frames.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libvpx 10.10 maverick
Fixed 0.9.2-1ubuntu0.1
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 0.9.2-1ubuntu0.0.10.04.1
9.10 karmic Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
chromium-browser 10.10 maverick
Fixed 7.0.517.41~r62167-0ubuntu0.10.10.1
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 7.0.517.41~r62167-0ubuntu0.10.04.1
9.10 karmic Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release

Patch details

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Package Patch details
libvpx

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 9.8 · Critical

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-1015-1
    • libvpx vulnerability
    • 10 November 2010

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