CVE-2010-4197
Use-after-free vulnerability in WebKit, as used in Google Chrome before 7.0.517.44, webkitgtk before 1.2.6, and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving text…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.31%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
Use-after-free vulnerability in WebKit, as used in Google Chrome before 7.0.517.44, webkitgtk before 1.2.6, and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service or possibly have unspecified other impact via vectors involving text editing.
- CVSS 3.1
- 9.8 CRITICALCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 2.31% probability · 82th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-416
- Affected
- google/chrome · webkitgtk/webkitgtk · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=51602Exploit, Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/11/stable-channel-update.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052906.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42109Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43086Broken Link
- http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/70594Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:039Broken Link
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0177.htmlBroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45720Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0216Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0552Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48349Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=656115Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12266Third Party Advisory
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=51602Exploit, Issue Tracking, Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/11/stable-channel-update.htmlRelease Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052906.htmlMailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/42109Broken Link
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43086Broken Link
- http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/70594Mailing List, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:039Broken Link
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0177.htmlBroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45720Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0216Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0552Permissions Required, Third Party Advisory
- https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48349Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=656115Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12266Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.