CVE-2010-1772

high-risk
Published 2010-09-24

Use-after-free vulnerability in page/Geolocation.cpp in WebCore in WebKit before r59859, as used in Google Chrome before 5.0.375.70, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (application crash) via a crafted web site, related to failure to stop timers associated with geolocation upon deletion of a document.

Do I need to act?

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2.1% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
8
CVSS 8.8/10 High
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (9)

Affected Vendors

Google Opensuse Canonical Redhat Fedoraproject

References (38)

Exploit http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=44868
Release Notes http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/06/stable-channel-update.html
Mailing List http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044023.html
Mailing List http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-July/044031.html
Mailing List http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-01/msg00006.html
Broken Link http://secunia.com/advisories/40072
Broken Link http://secunia.com/advisories/40557
Broken Link http://secunia.com/advisories/41856
Broken Link http://secunia.com/advisories/43068
Mailing List http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/59859
Broken Link http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:039
Third Party Advisory http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1006-1
Broken Link http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/1801
Broken Link http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2010/2722
Broken Link http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0212
Broken Link http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0552
Permissions Required https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=39388
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=596498
Broken Link https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3...
Exploit http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=44868
and 18 more references
50
/ 100
high-risk
Severity 30/34 · Critical
Exploitability 5/34 · Minimal
Exposure 15/34 · Moderate