CVE-2010-1236
The protocolIs function in platform/KURLGoogle.cpp in WebCore in WebKit before r55822, as used in Google Chrome before 4.1.249.1036 and Flock Browser 3.x before 3.0.0.4112, does not properly handle whitespace at the beginning of a URL, which allows…
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Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.35%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The protocolIs function in platform/KURLGoogle.cpp in WebCore in WebKit before r55822, as used in Google Chrome before 4.1.249.1036 and Flock Browser 3.x before 3.0.0.4112, does not properly handle whitespace at the beginning of a URL, which allows remote attackers to conduct cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks via a crafted javascript: URL, as demonstrated by a \x00javascript:alert sequence.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.35% probability · 70th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-79
- Affected
- google/chrome · flock/flock
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=37383Exploit
- http://codereview.chromium.org/858001
- http://flock.com/security/
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/03/stable-channel-update.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43068Vendor Advisory
- http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?view=rev&revision=41244
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35948
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14067
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=37383Exploit
- http://codereview.chromium.org/858001
- http://flock.com/security/
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/03/stable-channel-update.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43068Vendor Advisory
- http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?view=rev&revision=41244
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212Vendor Advisory
- https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35948
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14067
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.