CVE-2010-1236

N/A Unknown
Published: April 01, 2010 Modified: April 29, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=37383
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit
http://codereview.chromium.org/858001
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://flock.com/security/
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/03/stable-channel-update.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?view=rev&revision=41244
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212
Source: cve@mitre.org
Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35948
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14067
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=37383
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
http://codereview.chromium.org/858001
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://flock.com/security/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/03/stable-channel-update.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome?view=rev&revision=41244
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Vendor Advisory
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=35948
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A14067
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

20 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
0.6%
70th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-79

Affected Vendors

flock google

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