CVE-2010-4198
WebKit, as used in Google Chrome before 7.0.517.44, webkitgtk before 1.2.6, and other products, does not properly handle large text areas, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.50%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
WebKit, as used in Google Chrome before 7.0.517.44, webkitgtk before 1.2.6, and other products, does not properly handle large text areas, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a crafted HTML document.
- CVSS 3.1
- 8.8 HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- EPSS
- 1.50% probability · 73th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-20
- Affected
- google/chrome · webkitgtk/webkitgtk · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=55257Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/11/stable-channel-update.htmlVendor 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://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:039Broken Link
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0177.htmlNot Applicable
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45719Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0216Not Applicable
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0552Not Applicable
- https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45611Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=656118Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12157Third Party Advisory
- http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=55257Release Notes, Vendor Advisory
- http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/11/stable-channel-update.htmlVendor 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://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:039Broken Link
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0177.htmlNot Applicable
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45719Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0216Not Applicable
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0552Not Applicable
- https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=45611Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=656118Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12157Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.