CVE-2010-4197

9.8 CRITICAL

Published: November 06, 2010 Modified: April 29, 2026

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.

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CVSS v3.x Details

0.0 Low Medium High Critical 10.0

Vector String

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

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=51602

Source: cve@mitre.org

Exploit Issue Tracking Mailing List Vendor Advisory

http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/11/stable-channel-update.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Release Notes Vendor Advisory

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052906.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/42109

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

http://secunia.com/advisories/43086

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/70594

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Patch Vendor Advisory

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:039

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0177.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45720

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0216

Source: cve@mitre.org

Permissions Required Third Party Advisory

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0552

Source: cve@mitre.org

Permissions Required Third Party Advisory

https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48349

Source: cve@mitre.org

Permissions Required Vendor Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=656115

Source: cve@mitre.org

Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A12266

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=51602