CVE-2010-4197

high-risk
Published 2010-11-06

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.

Do I need to act?

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6.3% 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
9
CVSS 9.8/10 Critical
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (3)

Affected Vendors

Webkitgtk Google Fedoraproject

References (28)

Exploit http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=51602
Release Notes http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/11/stable-channel-update.html
Mailing List http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052906.ht...
Broken Link http://secunia.com/advisories/42109
Broken Link http://secunia.com/advisories/43086
Mailing List http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/70594
Broken Link http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:039
Broken Link http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0177.html
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45720
Permissions Required http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0216
Permissions Required http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0552
Permissions Required https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48349
Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=656115
Third Party Advisory https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3...
Exploit http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=51602
Release Notes http://googlechromereleases.blogspot.com/2010/11/stable-channel-update.html
Mailing List http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/052906.ht...
Broken Link http://secunia.com/advisories/42109
Broken Link http://secunia.com/advisories/43086
Mailing List http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/70594
and 8 more references
50
/ 100
high-risk
Severity 32/34 · Critical
Exploitability 9/34 · Low
Exposure 9/34 · Low